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. 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

Lord Lieutenant	Portrait	Birth	Death
John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse 1660–1673		24 June 1614 Newburgh son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg and Barbara Cholmley	10 September 1689 Whitton aged 75
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1673–1679		9 April 1649 Rotterdam illegitimate son of Charles II of England and Lucy Walter	15 July 1685 Tower Hill aged 36
John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1679–1682		7 April 1648 son of Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield	24 February 1721 aged 73
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1682–1687		13 August 1662 son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge and Elizabeth Bennett	2 December 1748 Petworth aged 86
John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1687–1688		7 April 1648 son of Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield	24 February 1721 aged 73
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1688–1689		24 June 1630 son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Elizabeth Basset	26 July 1691 aged 61
William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 1689–1690		1662 West Dean son of Robert Pierrepont and Elizabeth Evelyn	September 1690 Holme Pierrepont aged 28
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 1692–1699		20 February 1631 son of Sir Edward Osborne and Anne Middleton	26 July 1712 Easton Neston aged 81
John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1699–1711		9 January 1662 Edwinstowe son of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and Grace Pierrepont	15 July 1711 aged 49
Peregrine Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1713–1714		11 November 1691 son of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds and Bridget Hyde	9 May 1731 aged 40
Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 1714–1721		6 January 1688 son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine and Isabella Machel	10 April 1721 aged 33
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath 1721–1728		22 March 1684 son of William Pulteney and Mary Floyd	7 July 1764 aged 80
Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine 1728–1736		21 December 1689 son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine and Isabella Machel	26 May 1736 aged 47
Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine 1738–1761		30 April 1691 son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine and Isabella Machel	4 April 1761 aged 70
Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1778–1780		29 January 1751 son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds and Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds	31 January 1799 aged 48
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1780–1782		28 May 1748 son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and Isabella Byron	4 September 1825 aged 77
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds 1782–1799		29 January 1751 son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds and Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds	31 January 1799 aged 48
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1799–1807		28 May 1748 son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and Isabella Byron	4 September 1825 aged 77
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave 1807–1824		14 February 1755 son of Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave and Lepell Hervey	7 April 1831 aged 76
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle 1824–1840		17 September 1773 son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle and Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower	7 October 1848 aged 75

• 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

References

• J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.