20th Century
- 1901: Joseph Cliff, of Scawby Grove
- 1902: John Drysdale Saunders of North Sandsfield, Gainsborough
- 1903: Arthur Gilstrap Soames of Great Limber, Brocklesby
- 1904: Jack Sutcliffe of Field House, Grimsby
- 1905: Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield of Normanby Park
- 1906: John St. Vigor Fox of Girsby Manor
- 1907: Edgar Lubbock of Caythorpe Court
- 1908: William Vere Reeve Fane of Fulbeck Hall
- 1909: William Bennett of Bank House, Grimsby
- 1910: Fitzalan Howard of Holyrood House, Spalding
- 1911: John Sherard Reeve of Leadenham House, Lincoln
- 1912: George Henry Caton Haigh of Grainsby Hall, Grimsby
- 1913: Henry John Hope Barton of Saxby
- 1914: Richard Castell Bacon of Willingham by Stow
- 1915: Frederick Acton of Miramar, Seacroft, Skegness
- 1916: Sir Francis Sowerby Bennett of Fryston, Grimsby
- 1917: Lt. Col.Joseph Seward Ruston of Monks Manor, Lincoln
- 1918: Christopher Hatton Turnor of Stoke Rochford
- 1919: Meaburn Staniland of Somersby
- 1920: Maj. Herman Dickinson Marshall of Pilham Hall, Gainsborough
- 1921: Maj. Walter Hugh Rawnsley of Well Vale, Alford
- 1922: Capt. Richard Gleed of Park House, Donington, Spalding
- 1923: Joseph Tertius Talbot Cliff of Scawby Grove, Brigg
- 1924: Clement Henry Newsum of Eastwood House, Lincoln
- 1925: Col. Edward Kyme Cordeaux of Brackenborough Lawn, Louth
- 1926: Lt. Col. William Ernest George Archibald Weigall KCMG of Petwood, Woodhall Spa
- 1927: John Watkinson Ramsden of Hareby House, Spilsby
- 1928: Harry Ernest Knott of The Towers, Grimsby
- 1929: Tom Sutcliffe of Stallingborough
- 1930: Maj. Charles Francis Cracroft Jarvis of Doddington
- 1931: Lt. Col. Edmund Royds of Stubton
- 1932: Thomas Henry Haggas of Walmsgate
- 1933: Maj. William Gilbert Cragg of Threekingham
- 1934: Capt. Oscar Dixon Kenwick Hall, Legbourne
- 1935: Edward Everard Earle Welby Everard of Gosberton
- 1936: John William Gleed of West Elloe, Spalding
- 1937: Lt Comder. John Cracroft Amcotts of Rauceby
- 1938: Maj. the Hon. Dudley Roger Hugh Pelham DSO of Canwick Hall, Lincoln
- 1939: George Tickler, of The Manor House, Bradley, Grimsby
- 1940: Arthur Hovenden Worth, of Hovenden House, Fleet, Holbeach
- 1941: Sir Robert Pattinson of The Fosse House, Northgate, Lincoln
- 1942: Sir John Denton Marsden, Baronet of Panton Hall, Lincoln
- 1943: Ernest William Bowser, of Tytton Hall, near Boston
- 1944: John Vincent Sheffield, of Little Normanby, Scunthorpe
- 1945: Thomas Whyment Atkinson, of Haconby Hall, near Bourne
- 1946: Major Sir Ernest Sleight, 2nd Baronet, O.B.E., T.D., of Crossways, Stallingborough
- 1947: Lieut.-Col. Sir Arthur Pelham Heneage, Kt., D.S.O., of Walesby Hall, near Market Rasen
- 1948: George Arthur Worth, M B E, of Field House, Fleet, near Spalding
- 1949: Lieut-Colonel John William Eric Graves Sandars, O.B.E., T.D., of Gate Burton Hall, Gainsborough.
- 1950: Major Harry Spilman MC of Aylesby Manor
- 1951: Lieut-Colonel Oswald Bissill Giles, of The Elms, Horncastle Road, Boston
- 1952: Captain Henry William Fane
- 1953: Sir Oliver Charles Earle Welby Bt
- 1954: Lt.Colonel Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts Kt.,DL
- 1955: Sir John Denton Marsden Bt
- 1956: Ralph George Edward Jarvis
- 1957: Lt Colonel William Reeve DL
- 1958: Sir Denis Le Marchant Bt
- 1959: Major Edmund Charles Reginald Sheffield DL
- 1960: John Richard Berge-Coupland
- 1961: Lt.Colonel Sir Hugh John Francis Sibthorpe Cholmeley Bt. D.S.O.,DL
- 1962: Major Sir Henry Hawley Bt
- 1963: Captain Edward Cawdron Cordeaux D.S.O., O.B.E.,R.N then
- 1963: Captain Henry Nicholas Nevile D.L. (later Sir Henry Nevile K.C.V.O.,H.M.L-L.)
- 1964: Major The Honourable John Edward Pelham V.L.(Lord Worsley)
- 1965: Liut. Commander Geoffrey Weston Wells D.L.,R.N.
- 1966: John Charles Peregrine Langton
- 1967: John Gerald Turton Eccles DL.
- 1968: Captain Sir Anthony Henry Thorold Bt.,O.B.E.,D.S.C,DL.,R.N.
- 1969: Captain Jeremy Gervase Geoffrey Philip Elwes DL.
- 1970: Lt. Colonel Roger Sutton Nelthorpe M.B.E.,T.D.,DL
- 1971: Roland Cecil Bellamy O.B.E., T.D., J.P.,DL. of Barnoldby-Le-Beck, Grimsby
- 1972: Captain Philip Herbert Earle Welby-Everard, D.S.C., R.N.
- 1973: Nicholas George Whichcote Playle, Esq
- 1974: Major General Sir Christopher E. Welby-Everard K.B.E.,C.B.,D.l. of Sapperton, Sleaford
- 1974: John Godfrey Fisher J.P. of Gunnerby (Humberside)
- 1975: Colonel Geoffrey Michael Sanders T.D.,D.L.
- 1976: William W Maitland Esq
- 1977: Sir James Benton Jones Bt. of Grantham
- 1977: Norman Jackson J.P. of Appleby (Humberside)
- 1978: The Lord Brownlow
- 1979: Lt.Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke M.B.E.,D.L.
- 1980: Peter K.Dennis of Stenigot
- 1980: Richard Anthony Bellamy of Barnoldby-le-Beck (Humberside)
- 1981: Julian Fane of Fulbeck
- 1982: Peter Edward Findlay Heneage, of North Carlton Old Hall, Lincoln
- 1983: Peter Fane
- 1983: David Ernest Addison J.P.,D.L. of Irby on Humber (Humberside)
- 1984: Adrian Massingberd-Mumby D.L.
- 1985: Michael Worth of Grantham
- 1986: Philip Gibbons D.L. of Holton-Le-Moor
- 1986: William Frank Somerville Letten M.A. of Healing (Humberside)
- 1987: Neil McCorquodale of Stoke Rochford
- 1988: James Heneage of Hainton
- 1989: Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley of Hackthorn Hall, Lincoln
- 1989: John Ellerker Spilman J.P.,D.L. of Aylesby (Humberside)
- 1990: Anthony James Longmore Worth D.L.
- 1991: Henry Samuel Sharpley of Bosworth
- 1992: John George Richardson of Bitchfield
- 1992: John Westland Anthony Clugston of Scawby (Humberside)
- 1993: Anthony Jarvis of Doddington
- 1994: Simon Turner D.L. of Folkingham
- 1995: David K.Baker of Gedney Dyke
- 1995: Frank Alan Flear of Waltham (Humberside)
- 1996: James Charles Stewart Reynolds Milligan-Manby of Thorganby
- 1997:
- 1998:
- 1999: Francis Dymoke
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