Past Provincial Grand Masters of the Province

1738 to date

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