Custos Rotulorum of Tyrone

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The Custos Rotulorum of Tyrone was the highest civil officer in County Tyrone, Ireland. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone.

County Tyrone Place

County Tyrone is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retains a strong identity in popular culture.

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone.

Incumbents

William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont PC (Ire) was an Irish politician and peer.

The Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh was the highest civil officer in County Armagh, Ireland. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Armagh.

William Caulfeild, 2nd Viscount Charlemont was an Irish soldier and peer.

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone

Custos rotulorum is a civic post which is recognised in the United Kingdom and in Jamaica.

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Custos rotulorum, Latin for "keeper of the rolls", the keeper of the English, Welsh and Northern Irish county records. He is also the principal Justice of the Peace of the county and keeper of the records of the sessions of the local courts and, by virtue of those offices, the highest civil official in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial and generally undertaken by the Lord Lieutenant of the county.

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References

  1. "Major-General William CAULFIELD (2nd Viscount CHARLEMONT)". Worcestershire Regiment. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. The Gentleman's Magazine. p. 567.
  3. "LOWRY CORRY, Somerset, Visct. Corry (1774-1841), of Castle Coole, co. Fermanagh". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 June 2014.