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Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire

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Lord Lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire to 1974

  • Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale 9 October 1660 – 5 August 1661
  • George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 5 September 1661 – 14 March 1667
  • Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 14 March 1667 – 22 November 1667
  • George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 22 November 1667 – 13 March 1674
  • Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 13 March 1674 – 8 May 1679
  • Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 8 May 1679 – 23 March 1688
  • Lord Thomas Howard 23 March 1688 – 5 October 1688
  • Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5 October 1688 – 10 May 1689
  • Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 10 May 1689 – 29 September 1699
  • Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 29 September 1699 – 9 February 1704
  • Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton 6 April 1704 – 10 June 1715
  • Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 10 June 1715 – 29 September 1733
  • Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham 29 September 1733 – 14 December 1750
  • Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 18 July 1751 – 25 February 1763
  • Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon 25 February 1763 – 12 September 1765
  • Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 12 September 1765 – 1 July 1782
  • Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk 23 October 1782 – 2 March 1798
  • William FitzWilliam, 4th Earl FitzWilliam 2 March 1798 – 18 November 1819
  • Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood 18 November 1819 – 24 November 1841
  • James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe 29 December 1841 – 19 December 1845
  • Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood 17 January 1846 – 22 February 1857
  • William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam 31 March 1857 – 23 August 1892
  • Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough 23 August 1892 – 22 April 1904
  • Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood 22 April 1904 – 14 December 1927
  • Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood 14 December 1927 – 23 May 1947
  • Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough 9 February 1948 – 29 June 1969
  • Kenneth Hargreaves 23 February 1970 – 31 March 1974†

†Became Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.

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