Brigadier General Kenneth Hargreaves CBE TD (23 February 1903 – 27 March 1990) was a British soldier and industrialist who held several local offices in Yorkshire.
He was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment in the Territorial Army in 1922 but later transferred to the Royal Artillery. He was awarded CBE in 1956.
He married Else Markenstam (d. 1968) in 1958, and adopted his stepchildren by that marriage, Ingrid Mary and Peter Hargreaves-Allen. He subsequently married Hon. Margaret Lane-Fox, the daughter of George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley, on 15 February 1969.
Hargreaves served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1962, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1970 until 1974, when, as a result of the reorganization of county governments, he became Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire until 1978. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire on 4 May 1978.[1]
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Richard Graham, Bt |
High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1962–1963 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Wade Parkinson |
| Preceded by James Noel Tetley |
Honourary Colonel of The Leeds Rifles 1963–1966 |
Succeeded by John Houston Taylor |
| Preceded by The Earl of Scarbrough |
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1970–1974 |
Office abolished |
| Preceded by Office created |
Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire 1974–1978 |
Succeeded by William Bulmer |