Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Brecknockshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
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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 Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire , also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.-Geography:...
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- Sir William Vaughan c. 1544
- Sir Roger Vaughan bef. 1558–1571
- Richard Price bef. 1573–1586/1587
- Sir Robert Knollys bef. 1594 – aft. 1608
- Sir Henry Williams 1617–1636
- Henry Williams 1636–1642
- Howell Gwynne 1642–1646
- Interregnum
- Sir William Lewis, BtSir William Lewis, 1st BaronetSir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677....
1660–1677 - Sir Thomas Williams, Bt 1677–1679
- The Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 1st Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC was an English peer. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1646 until 3 April 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester....
1679–1689 - Sir Rowland Gwynne 1689
- The Earl of MacclesfieldCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of MacclesfieldCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.-Life:The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, he was a member of an old Lancashire family, his great-grandfather having been Sir Gilbert Gerard of Ince, in that county, one of the most distinguished judges...
1689–1694 - The Lord Herbert of ChirburyHenry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of ChirburyHenry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury inherited the manor of Ribbesford on the death of his father Sir Henry Herbert, Master of Revels to Charles I and Charles II. Like his father he served as Member of Parliament for Bewdley, from 1677 to 1679, for Worcester in Charles II's last...
1695–1702 - The Lord AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 1st Baron AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from...
1702–1710 - The Lord AshburnhamWilliam Ashburnham, 2nd Baron AshburnhamWilliam Ashburnham, 2nd Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the eldest son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham, and Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan, of Porthammel House, Brecknockshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1702 to 1710, a...
1710 - The Lord AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 1st Earl of AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham was a British peer.-Career:Ashburnham was the second son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham and his wife, Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan from Brecon, south Wales, who had inherited Pembrey...
1710–1723 - William MorganWilliam Morgan (of Tredegar, elder)Sir William Morgan, KB was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the eldest son of John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire...
1723–1731
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. After 1723, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire...
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