Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper.

About Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper

The Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper was a civil servant within the Irish Chancery in the Dublin Castle administration. His duties corresponded to those of the English Chancery offices of Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Hanaper, and Clerk of the Petty Bag. Latterly, the office's most important functions were to issue writs of election to the Westminster Parliament, both for the House of Commons and for Irish representative peers in the House of Lords.