title: Custos Rotulorum of Clare
text: # Custos Rotulorum of Clare
  
  The Custos Rotulorum of Clare was the highest civil officer in County Clare. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Clare.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * 1640–?: Sir Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond
  * 1650–?: George Lane of Tulsk, Roscommon
  * 1762–1767: William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin
  * bef.1778–?1808 Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond (5th Earl of Inchiquin, died 1808)
  * 1808–1832: Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham
  
  For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Clare
  
  