Custos Rotulorum of Donegal explained

The Custos Rotulorum of Donegal was the highest civil officer in County Donegal.

Incumbents

• 1675–?1678 Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall (died 1678) ^[1] (also Custos Rotulorum of Antrim, 1675–?)
• 1678–? William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (died 1692)
• c.1700–?1723 Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne (died 1723) ^[2]
• 1777–1804 Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim
• 1804–1854 Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim^[3]

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Donegal.

Notes and References

1. Book: Collins, Arthur. Collins's Peerage of England. 202.
2. Book: Kimber, Edward. The Peerage of Ireland. 79.
3. Web site: CLEMENTS, Nathaniel, Visct. Clements (1768-1854).. History of Parliament Online. 1 August 2013.