Provincial Grand Masters

of the Province of Yorkshire, West Riding

Year Note Date of Death
1738 William Horton 1 1740
1740 Edward Rooke 1763
1771 Sir Thomas Tancred Bt. (Retired 1779) 2 1784
1780 Sir Walter Vavasour, Bt. (Retired 1783) 1826
1784 Richard Salter (Milnes) Rich, M.P.  1804
1805 Robert Pemberton Milnes, M.P.  3 1858
1822 John 3rd Earl of Mexborough 1860
1861 George Frederick Samuel. 1st Marquess of Ripon, K.G. 4 1909
1875 Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bt., C.B. 1886
1885 Thomas William Tew (Retired 1893) 1895
1893 William Lawies, 1st Lord Allerton (Retired 1914) 1917
1914 Richard Wilson 1918
1918 Sir William Raynor (Retired 1926) 1927
1926 Henry 6th Earl of Harewood, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., 5 1947
(Retired on election as Grand Master in 1942)
1943 Lt.-Col. Sir Anthony Gadie, .T.D. 1948
1948 Milbourne Edward Clark (Retired 1954) 1955
1954 Henry Clifford Smith 1969
1969 Ven. Charles Otley Ellison (Retired 1973) 1978
1973 Fred Crosland (Retired 1979) 1999
1979 Normal Harold Fowler (Retired 1987) 1993
1987 David James Welsh (Retired 1993)
1993 John Trevor Broadley (Retired 2005)
2005 John Kendall Clayton
Notes
1 For the West Riding only
2 For the County of York
3 In 1817 for West Riding, pereviously for Yorkshire
4 Dep.G.M. 1861-9; G.M. 1870-4
5 Pro.G.M. 1935-42; G.M. 1942-7