41. Under Charles II, the councils became the sinecures of wealthy aristocrats despite various attempt at reform. 42. The office was then a sinecure and Rigby is said never to have sat as a judge. 43. These offices are sinecures , used in modern times to effect resignation from the House of Commons. 44. Chief among these sinecures was the lifetime appointment as Controller of Customs for the port of London. 45. He was also craner and wharfinger of the Port of Dublin, a sinecure abolished in 1830. 46. Being an Account of Persons, Places, and Sinecures , 1820 3, 2 vols. 47. He was given a sinecure on the Transport Board and continued in this position until its dissolution. 48. Yorke held a number of legal sinecures , secured for him by his father as Lord Chancellor. 49. He was also Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland : this office was apparently a sinecure . 50. They are paying the dues for all of us who pontificate profitably from the safety of journalistic sinecures .
