This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex .
Middlesex is an ancient county in southeast England. It is now entirely within the wider urbanised area of London. Its area is now also mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in other neighbouring ceremonial counties. It was established in the Anglo-Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons, and existed as an official unit until 1965. The historic county includes land stretching north of the River Thames from 17 miles (27 km) west to 3 miles (5 km) east of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries. The largely low-lying county, dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south, was the second smallest county by area in 1831.
- Sir Roger Cholmley bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
- Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough bef. 1558 – 1571
- Richard Goderick bef. 1562 – bef. 1564
- Sir Thomas Wroth bef. 1564–1573
- Sir Gilbert Gerard 1573–1593
- Sir John Fortescue c. 1594–1607
- Sir Thomas Lake c. 1608–1619
- Sir Thomas Edmondes 1619–1639
- Sir Henry Vane 1639–1642
- Sir Peter Wyche 1642–1643
- Sir Edward Nicholas 1643–1646
- Interregnum
- Sir Edward Nicholas 1660–1669
- William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven 1669–1689
- John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare 1689–1692
- William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 1692–1700
- Lord Edward Russell 1700–1701
- Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford 1701–1711
- John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1711–1714
- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1714–1762
- Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1762–1786
- vacant
- Henry Dundas 1793–1794
- William Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield 1794–1802
Sir Thomas Wroth was an English courtier, landowner and politician, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation and a prominent figure among the Marian exiles.
Sir Gilbert Gerard was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney-General for more than twenty years during the reign of Elizabeth I, as well as vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and later served as Master of the Rolls. He acquired large estates, mainly in Lancashire and Staffordshire.
Sir John Fortescue of Salden Manor, near Mursley, Buckinghamshire, was the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603.
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. From 1794 to 1965, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex. The office was abolished on 1 April 1965, with the creation of Greater London and the post of Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, with small parts of Middlesex coming under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.