Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire
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This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
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- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1586–1595
- vacant
- Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Burghley 1599–1603
- Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield 1603–1619
- Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland 1619–1628
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1628–1641
- Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1641–1642
- Interregnum
After the Restoration, a separate lieutenant was appointed for each riding; 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.
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
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