Custos Rotulorum of County Londonderry and Down

The Custos Rotulorum of Londonderry and Down was the highest civil officer in counties Londonderry and Down.

Incumbents

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Londonderry

• 1663–1665 John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene ^[1]
• 1666–?1695 John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene (attainted 1689, reappointed 1693, died 1695) ^[2]

Down

• 1660–1663 Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander
• 1663–? William Montgomery (died 1706) ^[3]
• 1678–?1693 Michael Hill (died 1693) ^[4] (also Custos Rotulorum of Antrim 1678-?)
• ?1693–?1699 Michael Hill (died 1699)^[5]
• 1729–1742 Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (died 1742) ^[6]
• 1742–1793 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire ^[7]
• 1793–?1801 Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (died 1801)

Londonderry and Down

• 1803–?1821 Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry ^[8]
• 1821–1822 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh ^[9]
• 1822–?1854 Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (died 1854) ^[9]

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry and Lord Lieutenant of Down

References

1. ↑ "Foster/Massereene Papers" (PDF). Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
2. ↑ "Foster Massereene Papers" (PDF). Records Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
3. ↑ "The Hamilton Manuscripts". Retrieved 23 February 2015.
4. ↑ Collins, Arthur. The Peerage of England. p. 415.
5. ↑ Collins, Arthur. The peerage of England. p. 456.
6. ↑ Collins, Arthur. The peerage of England. p. 457.
7. ↑ The English peerage, Volume 1. p. 408.
8. ↑ Debrett, John. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. p. 982.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Urquhart, Diane. The Ladies of Londonderry: Women and Political Patronage. p. 28.