Custos Rotulorum of Westmeath
The Custos Rotulorum of Westmeath was the highest civil officer in County Westmeath. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath.
Incumbents
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- 1662–?1672 Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon[1]
- 1728–1729 George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard[2]
- 1765–1788 Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath[1]
- 1788–1814 George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath[1] (died 1814)
- <1819–?1835 Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford[3] (died 1835)
- –?1871 George Thomas John Nugent, 8th Earl of Westmeath[4] (died 1871)
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition.
- ^ John Forbes, Memoirs of the Earls of Granard (London: Longmans, 1868), 117–118.
- ^ "Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Westmeath". 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Barons of Delvin, Earls of Westmeath and Nugents of Antigua: A History of the Drumcree Nugents" (PDF). Retrieved 12 June 2014.
