Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Westmorland
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
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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 Westmorland
Westmorland
Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...
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- Ambrose Middleton bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
- Alan Bellingham bef. 1558–1578
- Sir Thomas Boynton bef. 1579–1582
- Robert Bragge 1582–1584
- Sir Thomas StricklandThomas StricklandThomas de Strickland was the oldest son of Sir Walter de Strickland. He is best known for carrying the banner of St. George at the battle of Agincourt.-Battle of Shrewsbury:...
1584–1612 - Henry Clifford, 1st Baron CliffordHenry Clifford, 5th Earl of CumberlandHenry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes. He married Frances Cecil , daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke...
1621–1641 - Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd BaronetSir Philip Musgrave, 2nd BaronetSir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the Royalist army in the Civil War....
1641–1646, 1660–1678 - John Lowther, 1st Viscount LonsdaleJohn Lowther, 1st Viscount LonsdaleJohn Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician....
1678–1700 - Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
1700–1702 - Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC was an English nobleman and politician.He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl...
1702–1706 - Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
1706–1714 - Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC was an English nobleman and politician.He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl...
1714 - Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
1714–1715 - Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Viscount LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale PC FRS was an English courtier and landowner.He succeeded to the Viscountcy in 1713, upon the death of his elder brother, Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale...
1715–1751
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria...
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