Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Wiltshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
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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 Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
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- Sir Richard LysterRichard LysterSir Richard Lyster was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Origins and early career:Sir Frederick Madden in his "Remarks on the Monument of Sir Richard Lyster in St. Michael's Church Southampton," describes both the judge's grandfather, Thomas, and his father, John, as of...
bef. 1544–1553 - Sir John ThynneJohn ThynneSir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.-Early life:...
bef. 1558–1580 - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
bef. 1584–1601 - Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordEdward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordSir Edward Seymour, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hache and 1st Earl of Hertford, KG was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Anne Stanhope....
1601–1621 - Sir Francis SeymourFrancis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of TrowbridgeFrancis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War....
1621 – bef. 1626 - William Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetWilliam Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetSir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
bef. 1626–1646, 1660 - Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of TrowbridgeFrancis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of TrowbridgeFrancis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War....
1660–1664 - Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of TrowbridgeCharles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of TrowbridgeCharles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664....
1664–1665 - William Herbert, 6th Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 6th Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father....
1665–1674 - John Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset was an English peer and MP.He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux and entered Grays Inn in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He married in 1656 Sarah, daughter and...
1674–1675 - Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 7th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery was an English nobleman who succeeded to the titles and estates of two earldoms on 8 July 1674 on the death of his brother William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke...
1675–1683 - Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth 1683–1688
- William Paston, 2nd Earl of YarmouthWilliam Paston, 2nd Earl of YarmouthWilliam Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth was a British peer and politician.Born in 1654, he was the son of Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth and his wife, Rebecca, née Clayton. In 1671, he married the widowed Charlotte Howard, née FitzRoy , the illegitimate daughter of Charles II and Elizabeth...
1688–1690 - Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth 1690–1706
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester 1706–1711
- Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth 1711–1714
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston 1714–1726
- Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of SomersetAlgernon Seymour, 7th Duke of SomersetGeneral Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset was the son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and his wife, Elizabeth...
1726–1750 - Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert 1750–1752
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire:*William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1551 – 17 March 1570...
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