Custos Rotulorum of County Limerick

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

Incumbents

• 1673–1679 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery[1]
• C1704–?1720 George Evans (died 1720)[2]
• 1769–1780 Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell[3]
• 1780–1818 Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry[4]
• 1818–1850 Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl [4]

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Limerick

References

1. Fitzgerald, Patrick. The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick. p. 306.
2. Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. 1.
3. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/southwell1776.htm
4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003