Custos Rotulorum of Rutland
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Rutland
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
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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 Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
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- Sir Edward Montagu bef. 1544–1557
- Kenelm Digby bef. 1558–1590
- Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of ExeterThomas Cecil, 1st Earl of ExeterThomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier.-Life:...
bef. 1594–1623 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG was the favourite, claimed by some to be the lover, of King James I of England. Despite a very patchy political and military record, he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated...
1623–1628 - Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden 1628–1643
- Interregnum
- Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount CampdenBaptist Noel, 3rd Viscount CampdenSir Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland....
1660–1682 - Edward Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughEdward Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughEdward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....
1682–1689 - Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 1690–1700
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974, with the area coming under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, but revived in 1997...
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