The Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh was the highest civil officer in
County Armagh
County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...
, Ireland. The position was later combined with that of
Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh.
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. L ...
.
Incumbents
*1661–1671
William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont
William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont PC (Ire) (1624 – April 1671) was an Irish politician and peer.
Background
Born in Donamon Castle in County Roscommon, he was the third son of William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild and his wife Mary Ki ...
(also
Custos Rotulorum of Tyrone 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.
Incumbents
*1661–1671 William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont (also Custos Rotul ...
)
*? –?1681
Sir Hans Hamilton, 1st Baronet Sir Hans Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1682) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Hamilton was the Member of Parliament for Armagh County in the Irish House of Commons between 1661 and 1666. He was knighted in 1661 and on 6 April 1662 he was created a baro ...
(died 1681)
*?1681–?1692
Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet (died 1703) was an Anglo-Irish official in Ireland.
Hamilton was appointed Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh in 1681. On 19 February 1683 he was created a baronet, of Mount Hamilton in the Baronetage of Ireland, by ...
(died 1703)
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*1692–? ]William Caulfeild, 2nd Viscount Charlemont
William Caulfeild, 2nd Viscount Charlemont (c.1655 – 21 July 1726) was an Irish soldier and peer.
Life
Caulfeild was the son of William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont of County Armagh, whom he succeeded in 1671 and Sarah Moore, daughter of ...
(died 1726) (also Custos Rotulorum of Tyrone 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.
Incumbents
*1661–1671 William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont (also Custos Rotul ...
)
*1760–1799 James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont
James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont KP PC (Ire) (18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799) was an Irish statesman.
Life Early life
The son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, he was born in Dublin, and succeeded his father as 4th ...
*1800–1849 Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, (1 August 1776 – 27 March 1849), styled The Honourable Archibald Acheson from 1790 to 1806 and Lord Acheson from 1806 to 1807, was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada a ...
Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh.
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. L ...
References
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Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...