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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Since 1688, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire. From 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton.
This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset. Since 1714, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Somerset.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Devon.
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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Surrey.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.
Viscount Fitzhardinge is an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 14 July 1663 for Charles Berkeley, later Earl of Falmouth, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family, with the subsidiary title of Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, also in the Peerage of Ireland. It passed by special remainder to Charles' father, Charles, then to Maurice, elder brother of the first viscount, and then to their younger brother, John. The title became extinct on John's death in 1712.
Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the royal household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Lord of the Bedchamber was a courtier in the Royal Household; the term being first used in 1718. Lords and Gentleman of the Bedchamber's duties originally consisted of assisting the monarch with dressing, waiting on him when he ate, guarding access to his bedchamber and closet and providing companionship. Such functions became less important over time but provided proximity to the monarch and the holders were thus trusted confidants and often extremely powerful. The offices were in the gift of The Crown and were originally sworn by Royal Warrant directed to the Lord Chamberlain.
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge, known as Sir Maurice Berkeley, Bt from 1660 to 1668, was an English politician, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.
John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Bruton, Somerset was an English courtier, treasury official, army officer and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 to 1710.