Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire. The office was established after the English Restoration in 1660, when a Lord Lieutenant was appointed for each Riding of Yorkshire. Since 1721, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and for part of the period also Lieutenatns of the Town and County of the Town of Kingston upon Hull. It was abolished on 31 March 1974 with the creation of the county of Humberside, but was re-created upon the abolition of Humberside on 1 April 1996.

Lord Lieutenants of the East Riding of Yorkshire to 1974

• John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse 26 July 1660 – 12 April 1673
• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 12 April 1673 – 20 December 1679
• John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 20 December 1679 – 17 November 1682
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 17 November 1682 – 13 October 1687
• John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 13 October 1687 – 5 October 1688
• Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5 October 1688 – 26 March 1689
• William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 26 March 1689 – 17 September 1690
• Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 21 March 1691 – 11 August 1699
• John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 August 1699 – 15 July 1711
• vacant
• Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds 29 March 1713 – 16 December 1714
• Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 16 December 1714 – 10 April 1721
• William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath 7 December 1721 – 15 July 1728
• Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine 15 July 1728 – 30 May 1736
• Sir Conyers Darcy July 1736 – 22 February 1738
• Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine 22 February 1738 – 4 April 1761
• vacant
• Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1 August 1778 – 22 March 1780
• Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 22 March 1780 – 8 April 1782
• Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds 8 April 1782 – 31 January 1799
• Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1 March 1799 – 29 September 1807
• Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave 29 September 1807 – 10 September 1824
• George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle 10 September 1824 – 31 January 1840
• Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock 31 January 1840 – 18 June 1847
• George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle 18 June 1847 – 5 December 1864
• Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock 6 December 1864 – 6 November 1880
• Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries 21 December 1880 – 6 October 1908‡
• Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme 14 November 1908 – 15 August 1924‡
• Robert Wilfrid de Yarburgh-Bateson, 3rd Baron Deramore 30 December 1924 – 1 April 1936‡
• Michael Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton 8 June 1936 – 17 April 1968‡
• Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax 17 April 1968 – 31 March 1974 †

The position was abolished on 31 March 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and re-established in 1996.

‡His Majesty's Lieutenant of and in the East Riding of the County of York and the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull

† Became Lord Lieutenant of Humberside on 1 April 1974.

Lord Lieutenants of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1996

• Richard Marriott, Esq. CVO TD 1 April 1996 – 19 December 2005
• [The Hon Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister,] 19 December 2005 – present

Deputy Lieutenants

Deputy Lieutenants traditionally supported the Lord-Lieutenant. There could be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment did not terminate with the changing of the Lord-Lieutenant, but they usually retired at age 75.

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• Alexander Wentworth Macdonald Bosville, Bt. 22 March 1901
• Walter George Raleigh Chichester Constable 23 April 1901
• Colonel Charles Henry Milburn as Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City and County of Kingston upon Hull, 13 April 1915