Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave KG (c. 1564–1646) was a British peer and Member of Parliament, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire from 1604 to 1646. He was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626.
The Sheffield family descended from Sir Edmund Sheffield, second cousin of Henry VIII, who in 1547 was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Sheffield, of Butterwick and in 1549 was murdered in the streets of Norwich during Kett's Rebellion.
He was succeeded by his grandson, Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Burghley |
Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire President of the Council of the North 1603–1619 |
Succeeded by The Lord Scrope of Bolton |
| Preceded by Sir John Stanhope |
Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire 1604–1646 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Mulgrave |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Earl of Mulgrave 1626–1646 |
Succeeded by Edmund Sheffield |
| Preceded by John Sheffield |
Baron Sheffield 1568–1646 |
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