Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from its creation in 1660 to its abolition in 1974. Since 1699, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The incumbent Lord Lieutenant became in 1974 Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, covering a smaller area.
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- 1660–1661: Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale
- 1661–1674: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
- 1674–1679: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
- 1679–1688: Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington
- 1688–1689: Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle
- 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
- 1699–1704: Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
- 1704–1715: Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton
- 1715–1733: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
- 1751–1763: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- 1763–1765: Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
- 1765–1682: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- 1782–1798: Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
- 1798–1819: William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
- 1819–1841: Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
- 1841–1845: James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
- 1846–1842: Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood
- 1857–1890: William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
- 1892–1904: Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough
- 1904–1927: Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood
- 1927–1942: Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
- 1942–1969: Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough
- 1970–1974: Brigadier Kenneth Hargreaves
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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