Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Middlesex
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex
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Custos rotulorum
Custos rotulorum is the keeper of an English county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county...
of Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
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- Sir Roger Cholmley bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
- Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of LoughboroughEdward Hastings, Baron Hastings of LoughboroughSir Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough, KG was born, the son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, circa 1521 in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He married Joane Harrington daughter of John Harrington of Bagworth, Leicestershire circa 1544....
bef. 1558 – 1571 - Richard Goderick bef. 1562 – bef. 1564
- Sir Thomas WrothThomas Wroth (politician, 16th century)Sir Thomas Wroth was an English courtier and politician, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation.-Life:Robert Wroth, his father, was attorney of the duchy of Lancaster, and one of the commissioners appointed to inquire into Thomas Wolsey's possessions in 1529...
bef. 1564–1573 - Sir Gilbert Gerard 1573–1593
- Sir John FortescueJohn Fortescuethumb|right|John FortescueSir John Fortescue was an English lawyer, and the author of the De laudibus legum Angliae, an influential treatise on English law.-Early life:...
c. 1594–1607 - Sir Thomas LakeThomas LakeSir Thomas Lake was Secretary of State to James I of England. He was a Member of Parliament in 1604, 1614, 1625 and 1626....
c. 1608–1619 - Sir Thomas EdmondesThomas EdmondesSir Thomas Edmonds was a diplomat and politician.Edmonds was the fifth son of another Thomas Edmonds, who was the Customer of the ports of Plymouth and Fowey, and of Joan daughter of Anthony Delbere of Sherborne in Dorset...
1619–1639 - Sir Henry VaneHenry Vane the ElderSir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...
1639–1642 - Sir Peter WychePeter WychePeter Wyche is the name of:* Sir Peter Wyche , English merchant and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire* Sir Peter Wyche , English diplomat and translator...
1642–1643 - Sir Edward NicholasEdward NicholasSir Edward Nicholas was an English statesman.-Life:He was the eldest son of John Nicholas, a member of an old Wiltshire family.He was educated at Salisbury grammar school, Winchester College and Queen's College, Oxford...
1643–1646, 1660–1669 - William Craven, 1st Earl of CravenWilliam Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-1697)William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, PC was an English nobleman and soldier.His father William Craven was born in a poor family in Appletreewick in North Yorkshire but moved to London, became wealthy, and was Lord Mayor of London in 1610.Craven fought for Frederick V on the Continent and fell in...
1669–1689 - John Holles, 4th Earl of ClareJohn Holles, 1st Duke of NewcastleJohn Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC was the son of the 3rd Earl of Clare and his wife Grace Pierrepont. Grace was daughter of The Hon. William Pierrepont and granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull....
1689–1692 - William Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...
1692–1700 - Lord Edward Russell 1700–1701
- Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of BedfordWriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of BedfordWriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley...
1701–1711 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and NormanbyJohn Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and NormanbyJohn Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC , was a poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council.-Career:...
1711–1714 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1714–1762
- Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandHugh Percy, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandHugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was an Engish peer, landowner and art patron.He was born Hugh Smithson, the son of Langdale Smithson and grandson of Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Baronet from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1733...
1762–1786 - vacant
- Henry DundasHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount MelvilleHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom....
1793–1794 - William Bentinck, Marquess of TitchfieldWilliam Bentinck, 4th Duke of PortlandWilliam Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland PC, FRS, FSA , styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1809, was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich.-Background and education:Portland was the eldest son of...
1794–1802
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex
Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. The office was abolished on 1 April 1965, with the creation of Greater London and the post of Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, with small parts of Middlesex coming under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, the...
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