Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire

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ceremonial office lieutenancy

The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire was the British monarch’s chief royal representative in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, responsible for local militia, ceremonial duties, and the organization of royal visits.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire	2
Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial office ⓘ lieutenancy ⓘ
abolishedOn	1974 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	West Riding militia ⓘ
ceremonialPrecedence	senior representative of the Crown in the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
follows	military governorship system in English counties ⓘ
hasDuty	ceremonial duties ⓘ command of local militia (historically) ⓘ liaison between Crown and local authorities ⓘ organization of royal visits ⓘ
hasRole	monarch’s personal representative in the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
historicalCounty	Yorkshire ⓘ
lastOfficeHolder	Kenneth Hargreaves ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire ⓘ Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe ⓘ Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ⓘ George Halifax Lumley-Savile, 3rd Baron Savile ⓘ George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ⓘ Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood ⓘ Duke of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster John Reginald Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury ⓘ Kenneth Hargreaves ⓘ Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ⓘ The Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ surface form: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter ⓘ Duke of Norfolk ⓘ surface form: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ⓘ Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex ⓘ Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford ⓘ surface form: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven ⓘ William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam ⓘ William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam ⓘ
partOf	Lieutenancies of England ⓘ Lieutenancy of Yorkshire ⓘ surface form: Yorkshire lieutenancies
reasonForAbolition	local government reorganization in England in 1974 ⓘ
relatedTo	Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
seatType	county lieutenancy ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
succeededByOffice	Lord Lieutenant of Humberside ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire

Earl of Burlington → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

Sir Thomas Osborne → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire → relatedTo → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire → succeededByOffice → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire