The Custos Rotulorum of Meath was the highest civil officer in County Meath. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Meath.
Incumbents edit
- 1679–?1714 Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda (died 1714) [1]
- 1769–?1781: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington[2] (died 1781)
- 1781–1842 Richard Wellesley (died 1842)[3]
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Meath
References edit
- ^ "THE MOORES". The Spectator. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959.
- ^ "WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] (1760-1842), of Dangan Castle, co. Meath". History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 June 2014.