Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is one of two sinecure posts currently used in the British political system to effect resignation from the British House of Commons by sitting Members of Parliament (MPs). The post has no responsibilities or functions, but as a nominal paid office of The Crown, being appointed to the post means an MP is automatically disqualified from sitting in the Commons. This then allows a by-election to be called to elect their replacement (if the post is not left vacant until the next general election). The post was an ancient office that dates back to when land was divided into 'hundreds', and the Chiltern Hundreds were an area of Crown owned land in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. Having been depreciated to simply a nominal post by the 17th century, it was the first to be used as a procedural device for MPs resignation in 1751. Several others followed, but in the present day only it and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are used, normally in rotation.. }
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- Crown_Steward_and_Bailiff_of_the_three_Chiltern_Hundreds_of_Stoke,_Desborough_and_Burnham abstract "The Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is one of two sinecure posts currently used in the British political system to effect resignation from the British House of Commons by sitting Members of Parliament (MPs). The post has no responsibilities or functions, but as a nominal paid office of The Crown, being appointed to the post means an MP is automatically disqualified from sitting in the Commons. This then allows a by-election to be called to elect their replacement (if the post is not left vacant until the next general election). The post was an ancient office that dates back to when land was divided into 'hundreds', and the Chiltern Hundreds were an area of Crown owned land in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. Having been depreciated to simply a nominal post by the 17th century, it was the first to be used as a procedural device for MPs resignation in 1751. Several others followed, but in the present day only it and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are used, normally in rotation.".