The Custos Rotulorum of County Galway was the highest civil officer in County Galway. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Galway.
Incumbents
edit- Richard de Burgh, 8th Earl of Clanricarde (Died after 1708)[1]
- 1754-? Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet[2]
- 1792–1797 Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde and 12th Earl
- 1798–1808 John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde[3]
- ?1808–?1837 Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty[4] (died 1837)
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Galway
References
edit- ^ Lodge, John. The peerage of Ireland. Vol. 1. p. 139.
- ^ The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741-1794. p. 44.
- ^ Debrett, John. Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. p. 936.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2. p. 726.