This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
List of Lord Lieutenants Lord Lieutenant Portrait Birth Death Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon1586–1595 1536Ashby-de-la-Zouchson of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Katherine Pole 14 December 1595Yorkaged 59 Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Burghley1599–1603 5 May 1542Cambridgeson of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Mary Cheke8 February 1623Londonaged 81 Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield1603–1619 7 December 1565Oxfordson of John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick and Douglas Howard6 October 1646aged 80 Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland1619–1628 1 August 1584Hunsdonson of Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Philadelphia Carey30 May 1630aged 46 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford1628–1641 13 April 1593Londonson of William Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse and Anne Atkins12 May 1641Tower Hillaged 48 Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile1641 14 September 15911658aged 67 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex1641–1642 11 January 1591son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham14 September 1646aged 55
From 1642 until 1660 the position was vacant, however after the Restoration, a separate lieutenant was appointed for each of the three ridings; see Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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