Custos Rotulorum of County Londonderry and Down explained

The Custos Rotulorum of Londonderry and Down was the highest civil officer in counties Londonderry and Down.

Incumbents

Londonderry

• 1663–1665 John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene^[1]
• 1666–1695 John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene (attainted 1689, reappointed 1693, died 1695) ^[2]

Down

• 1660–1663 Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander
• 1663–? William Montgomery (died 1706) ^[3]
• 1678–1683 Michael Hill (died 1693) ^[4] (also Custos Rotulorum of Antrim 1678-?)
• 1683–? Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander^[5]
• ?1693–?1699 Michael Hill (died 1699)^[6]
• 1729–1742 Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (died 1742) ^[7]
• 1742–1793 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire^[8]
• 1793–?1801 Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (died 1801)

Londonderry and Down

• 1803–?1821 Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry^[9]
• 1821–1822 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh^[10]
• 1822–?1854 Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (died 1854) ^[10]

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry and Lord Lieutenant of Down

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foster/Massereene Papers. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 23 February 2015.
2. Web site: Foster Massereene Papers. Records Office of Northern Ireland. 24 February 2015.
3. Web site: 20608754. The Hamilton Manuscripts .
4. Book: Collins, Arthur. The Peerage of England. 415.
5. Web site: Montgomery, Hugh . Bergin . John . October 2009 . Dictionary of Irish Biography . 11 February 2023 .
6. Book: Collins, Arthur. The peerage of England. 456.
7. Book: Collins, Arthur. The peerage of England. 457.
8. Book: The English peerage, Volume 1. 408.
9. Book: Debrett, John. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 982.
10. Book: Urquhart, Diane. The Ladies of Londonderry: Women and Political Patronage. 28.