List of Escheators of Leinster

This is a list of appointments as Resignation from the British [House of Commons|Escheator of Leinster], a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used three times to resign from the Irish [House of Commons].
The escheator was originally responsible for the administration of escheat, a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without heirs to the crown or state.
The office was formerly substantive. It was founded in 1605, when the escheatorship for Ireland was divided among the provinces of Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. The first holder was Nicholas Kenny, who had been escheator-general of Ireland.

Substantive holders

1605: Nicholas Kenny
9 February 1644: Sir Maurice Eustace, later Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Patrick Tallant
1663: Francis Leigh
in 1739: Lewis Meares
1752: George Meares

Members of the Irish House of Commons

After the Acts of Union 1800, the office was retained as a sinecure, with occasional legal duties. Walter Glascock was appointed about 1801, and his appointment was renewed by letters patent in 1830, 1837, and 1838. In the latter year, however, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.