Vice Lord Lieutenants
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- 1981–1990: Roger Inman
- 1990-1996: Richard A. Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough
- 1997-2010: Peter W. Lee
- 2010-2016: Dr R. J. G. Bloomer
- Current: John R. Holt
This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire :
The post was created on 1 April 1974, covering the new metropolitan county of South Yorkshire. This area had previously been covered by the West Riding lieutenancy.
There is also one Vice Lord Lieutenant and a host of Deputy Lord Lieutenants.
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Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley. He is best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law James II. Lumley had already been created Baron Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham, in 1681, and Viscount Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham, in 1689. These titles are also in the Peerage of England. The title of Viscount Lumley, of Waterford, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628 for his grandfather Sir Richard Lumley, who later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War.
Baron Savile, of Rufford in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1888 for the diplomat Sir John Savile. He was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough, and the grandson of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough. The latter was the fourth of the seven sons of Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough, and his wife Barbara, sister and heiress of the politician Sir George Savile, 8th and last Baronet, of Thornhill, who bequeathed the substantial Savile estates in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to his nephew the Hon. Richard Lumley-Saunderson, later 6th Earl of Scarbrough. On his death the estates passed to his younger brother, the aforementioned seventh Earl, and then to his son the eighth Earl. The latter bequeathed the estates to his second natural son Captain Henry Lumley-Savile. When he died they passed to his younger brother Augustus William Lumley-Savile (1829–1887) and then to his eldest brother, the aforementioned John Savile, who was created Baron Savile the following year.
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland,, known as Lawrence Dundas until 1873 and as The Earl of Zetland from 1873 to 1892, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative statesman. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1889 and 1892.
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, was a British Conservative politician and British Army general.
Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, of Stansted Park, Sussex and Lumley Castle, County Durham, known as Viscount Lumley from 1710 to 1721, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1715 when he was raised to the House of Lords as Baron Lumley. He subsequently inherited his father's title as Earl of Scarborough. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from its creation in 1660 to its abolition on 31 March 1974. From 1699 until 1974, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The incumbent Lord Lieutenant became in 1974 Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, covering a smaller area.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland.
Major General Aldred Frederick George Beresford Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough, styled Viscount Lumley from 1868 to 1884, was an Anglo-Irish peer, soldier and landowner. He was noted for his long service in both the Territorial Army and politics, which included 60 years in the House of Lords, and for his contributions to the growth of the seaside resort of Skegness, Lincolnshire.
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile,, was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Italy from 1883 to 1888.
Richard Aldred Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough, styled Viscount Lumley between 1945 and 1969, was an English nobleman.
The Vice-Admiral of the coast of Durham was responsible for the defence County Durham, England.
Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, KB was a British peer, British Army officer and diplomat.
John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough, styled Viscount Lumley between 1832 and 1835, was a British peer and politician.
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough, styled The Honourable Richard Lumley-Saunderson until 1807, was a British peer and politician.
William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton JP DL was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough PC was a British peer, styled Viscount Lumley from 1740 to 1752.
Richard Osbert Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough, known as Viscount Lumley until 2004, is a British peer and landowner.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
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