Custos rotulorum (plural: custodes rotulorum; Latin for "keeper of the rolls") is the keeper of a county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of County Roscommon.
*
Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough (died 1755)
*1772–1797:
Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston
*1797–1799:
Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston
Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. He achieved notoriety in 1798 when tried and acquitted by his peers in the Irish House of Lords for murde ...
*1806–>1819:
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton
General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (12 August 1773 – 20 November 1854), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1800, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was notable for his strong support for anti-Catholic policies and his clos ...
(died 1854)
For post-1831
custodes rotulorum, see
Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 183 ...
References
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Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...