title: Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire
text: # Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire
  
  This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
  
  ## List of Lord Lieutenants
  
  | Lord Lieutenant | Birth | Death |
  | - | - | - |
  | Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1586–1595 | 1536 Ashby-de-la-Zouch son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Katherine Pole | 14 December 1595 York aged 59 |
  | Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Burghley 1599–1603 | 5 May 1542 Cambridge son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Mary Cheke | 8 February 1623 London aged 81 |
  | Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield 1603–1619 | 7 December 1565 Oxford son of John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick and Douglas Howard | 20 October 1646 aged 83 |
  | Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland 1619–1628 | 1 August 1584 Hunsdon son of Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Philadelphia Carey | 30 May 1630 aged 46 |
  | Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1628–1641 | 13 April 1593 London son of William Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse and Anne Atkins | 12 May 1641 Tower Hill aged 48 |
  | Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641 | 14 September 1591 | 1658 aged 67 |
  | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1641–1642 | 11 January 1591 son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham | 14 September 1646 aged 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.
  
  