The office of
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibilit ...
of
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
was created on 1 April 1974.
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Kenneth Hargreaves
Brigadier Kenneth Hargreaves (23 February 1903 – 27 March 1990) was a British soldier and industrialist who held several local offices in Yorkshire.
He was commissioned into the Leeds Rifles, a Territorial Army battalion of the West Yorkshire R ...
: 1 April 1974 – 1978 (previously
West Riding Lieutenant since 1970)
*Sir
William Bulmer: 1978–1985
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John Taylor, Baron Ingrow
John Aked Taylor, Baron Ingrow (15 August 1917 – 7 February 2002) was a British soldier, brewer and Conservative politician.
Born to Percy and Gladys Taylor, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. During World War II Taylor served in the Du ...
: 1985–1992
*John Lyles: 25 September 1992 – 2004
*Dame
Ingrid Roscoe
Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, (27 May 1944 – 28 June 2020) was a writer on English art and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 to 2018.
Biography
Ingrid Roscoe was born at Rugby School, Warwickshire in 1944 to Arthur Allen and Else, who ...
, : 2004–1 September 2018
*Edmund Anderson: 3 September 2018–present
External links
Lieutenancy web page
References
{{Lord Lieutenancies
Yorkshire, West
1974 establishments in England