The Custos Rotulorum of County Limerick was the highest civil officer in County Limerick. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.
Incumbents
edit- 1673–1679 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery[1]
- C1704–?1720 George Evans (died 1720)[2]
- 1769–1780 Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell[3]
- 1780–1818 Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry[4]
- 1818–1850 Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl [4]
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
References
edit- ^ Fitzgerald, Patrick. The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick. p. 306.
- ^ Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1.
- ^ "Southwell, Viscount (I, 1776)".
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003