Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of the East Riding of Yorkshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
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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 the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
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- Sir William Babthorpe bef. 1544–1555
- Christopher Estoft bef. 1558–1566
- John VaughanJohn VaughanJohn Cecil Beaumont Vaughan is a Barbadian-born Canadian cricketer. He played three One Day Internationals for Canada.-External links:...
bef. 1573–1577 - Ralph Rokeby 1577 – aft. 1584
- Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron KnyvetThomas Knyvet, 1st Baron KnyvetThomas James Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet was the second son of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton, Wiltshire and Anne Pickering, daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington, Westmoreland. His half-sister Catherine Knyvet was married to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk...
bef. 1594 – aft. 1608 - Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet bef. 1621–1626
- Sir William AlfordWilliam AlfordWilliam Alford may refer to:* William VanMeter Alford, Jr. admiral in the U.S. Navy* William P. Alford , U.S. legal scholar* W. R. Alford , American mathematician...
1626 – aft. 1636 - Sir William Strickland, 1st BaronetSir William Strickland, 1st BaronetSir William Strickland, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War....
1642–1646 - Interregnum
- Sir John Hotham, 2nd BaronetSir John Hotham, 2nd BaronetSir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685 and in 1689.Hotham was the son of John Hotham...
1660–1680 - John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of MulgraveJohn 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:...
1680–1682 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of SomersetCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of SomersetCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , sometimes referred to as the "Proud Duke". The son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and Elizabeth Alington , he succeeded his brother Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, to the dukedom when the latter was shot in 1678...
1682–1687 - John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of MulgraveJohn 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:...
1687–1689 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of LeedsThomas Osborne, 1st Duke of LeedsThomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG , English statesman , served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.-Early life, 1632–1674:The son of Sir Edward Osborne, Bart., of Kiveton, Yorkshire, Thomas Osborne...
1689–1699 - John Holles, 1st Duke of NewcastleJohn 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....
1699–1711 - Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of LeedsPeregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of LeedsPeregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds , styled Lord Osborne between 1673 and 1689, Earl of Danby between 1689 and 1694 and Marquess of Carmarthen between 1694 and 1712, was an English Tory politician.-Background:...
1711–1715 - Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 1715
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 3rd Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork PC , born in Yorkshire, England, was the son of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork...
1715–1721 - William PulteneyWilliam Pulteney, 1st Earl of BathWilliam Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC was an English politician, a Whig, created the first Earl of Bath in 1742 by King George II; he is sometimes stated to have been Prime Minister, for the shortest term ever , though most modern sources reckon that he cannot be considered to have held the...
1721–1728
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire. The office was established after the English Restoration in 1660, when a Lord Lieutenant was appointed for each Riding of Yorkshire. Since 1721, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of the...
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