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Custos Rotulorum Of Roscommon ...
Custos rotulorum (plural: custodes rotulorum; Latin for "keeper of the rolls") is the keeper of a county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county. This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of County Roscommon. *Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough (died 1755) *1772–1797: Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston *1797–1799: Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston *1806–>1819: Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton (died 1854) For post-1831 custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon References {{Custodes Rotulorum Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough
Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough (18 February 1724 – 22 May 1755), known as Sir Robert King, Bt, between 1740 and 1748, was an Irish landowner and politician. King was the elder son of Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet, by Isabella Wingfield, daughter of Edward Wingfield and sister of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1740. In 1744 he was returned to the Irish Parliament for Boyle, a seat he held until 1748, when, aged only 24, he was raised to the Irish peerage as Baron Kingsborough. He was also Custos Rotulorum of Roscommon. Lord Kingsborough died in May 1755, aged 31. He never married and the barony died with him. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Edward, who was created Earl of Kingston in 1768. References , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsborough, Robert King, 1st Baron 1724 births 1755 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George II King Robert Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward King, 1st Earl Of Kingston
Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston PC (I) (29 March 1726 – 8 November 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet and Isabella Wingfield, daughter of Edward Wingfield. He had a twin sister Frances, who married Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead, County Westmeath and had issue, including Isabella. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle between 1749 and 1760, before sitting for County Sligo from 1761 to 1764. On 22 May 1755 he succeeded to the family baronetcy following the premature death of his elder brother, Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough. On 15 July 1764 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kingston and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Kingston on 15 November 1766 and Earl Kingston on 25 August 1768, both also Irish peerages.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert King, 2nd Earl Of Kingston
Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. Biography He was the eldest surviving son of Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston and Jane Caulfeild. From 1767 to 1768 he was educated at Eton College. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle from 1776 to 1783, and for Cork County between 1783 and 1797, and served as a Governor of County Cork in 1789. In 1797 he succeeded to his father's titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. Between 1797 and his death he was Custos Rotulorum of Roscommon. On 18 May 1798, he was tried by his peers in the Irish House of Lords after allegedly murdering his brother-in-law Colonel Henry Gerald FitzGerald. FitzGerald was a married man who eloped with King's daughter Mary Elizabeth. With public sympathy on King's side and with considerable publicity, he was tried by his peers. He was acquitted as after three summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton
General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (12 August 1773 – 20 November 1854), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1800, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was notable for his strong support for anti-Catholic policies and his close association with the Orange Order. Family Born in London at his parents' town house, he was the third child and second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston by his wife, the heiress Caroline Fitzgerald. His mother's fortune (via her own mother) had made the Kings perhaps the richest family in Ireland for some time. His sister was Margaret King and one of the family governesses was Mary Wollstonecraft. On 9 December 1799, he married his first cousin Lady Frances Parsons, daughter of Laurence Harman Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse and Lady Jane King (herself a daughter of the first Earl of Kingston). They had several children together, including two sons and five daughters. The elder son succeeded to the earldom, after three cousins died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custos Rotulorum
''Custos rotulorum'' (; plural: ''custodes rotulorum''; Latin for "keeper of the rolls", ) is a civic post that is recognised in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and in Jamaica. England, Wales and Northern Ireland The ''custos rotulorum'' is the keeper of an English, Welsh and Northern Irish county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial. The appointment lay with the Lord Chancellor until 1545, but is now exercised by the Crown, under the Royal sign-manual, and is usually held by a person of rank. The appointment has been united with that of the lord-lieutenancy of the county throughout England since 1836. The ''custos rotulorum'' of Lancashire was formerly appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and that of County Durham vested in the Bishop of Durham until the abolition of its palatine rights. Traditionally, he was one of the justices of the peace. The custos rotulorum of the Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant Of Roscommon
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Roscommon was lost to the United Kingdom in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State. Governors * Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797 * Maurice Mahon, 1st Baron Hartland (died 1819) * Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet: 1782–1797 * Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon: Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. IIIp. 373 1797–1813 * Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831p. 389 * Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton: –1831 * Arthur French: 1821–1831Stephen FarrellFRENCH, Arthur II (?1788-1856), of French Park, co. Roscommonin ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832'' (2009). Lord Lieutenants * The 1st Viscount Lorton: 7 October 1831 – 20 November 1854 * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
