Lists of lord lieutenancies

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. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county.

England

 * Avon (from 1974 until 1996)
 * Bedfordshire
 * Berkshire
 * Berwick-upon-Tweed (until 1974) – held jointly with Northumberland 1882–1974
 * Bristol (until 1974 and from 1996) – held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882–1974
 * Buckinghamshire
 * Cambridgeshire
 * Canterbury (until 1974) – held jointly with Kent 1872–1974
 * Cheshire
 * Chester (until 1974) – held jointly with Cheshire 1882–1974
 * Cinque Ports (until 1889)
 * City of London – held in Commission, headed by the Lord Mayor
 * Cleveland (from 1974 until 1996)
 * Cornwall
 * Cumberland (until 1974)
 * Cumbria (from 1974)
 * Derbyshire
 * Devon
 * Dorset
 * Durham
 * East Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974 and from 1996)
 * East Sussex (from 1974)
 * Essex
 * Exeter (until 1974) – held jointly with Devon 1882–1974
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucester (until 1974) – held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882–1974
 * Greater London (from 1965)
 * Greater Manchester (from 1974)
 * Hampshire
 * Herefordshire (until 1974 and from 1998)
 * Hereford and Worcester (from 1974 until 1998)
 * Hertfordshire
 * Humberside (from 1974 until 1996)
 * Huntingdon and Peterborough (from 1965 until 1974)
 * Huntingdonshire (until 1965)
 * Isle of Ely (until c. 16th)
 * Isle of Wight (from 1974)
 * Kent
 * Kingston-upon-Hull (until 1974) – held jointly with East Riding of Yorkshire 1882–1974
 * Lancashire
 * Leicestershire
 * Lichfield (until 1974) – held jointly with Staffordshire 1882–1974
 * Lincolnshire
 * Lincoln (until 1974) – held jointly with Lincolnshire 1882–1974
 * County of London (from 1889 until 1965)
 * Merseyside (from 1974)
 * Middlesex (until 1965)
 * Newcastle upon Tyne (until 1974) – held jointly with Northumberland 1882–1974
 * Norfolk
 * Norwich (until 1974) – held jointly with Norfolk 1882–1974
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northumberland
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottingham (until 1974) – held jointly with Nottinghamshire 1882–1974
 * North Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
 * North Yorkshire (from 1974)
 * Oxfordshire
 * Poole (until 1974) – held jointly with Dorset 1882–1974
 * Rutland (until 1974 and from 1997)
 * Shropshire
 * Somerset
 * Southampton (until 1974) – held jointly with Hampshire 1882–1974
 * South Yorkshire (from 1974)
 * Staffordshire
 * Suffolk
 * Surrey
 * Sussex (until 1974)
 * Tower Hamlets (until 1889)
 * Tyne and Wear (from 1974)
 * Warwickshire
 * Westmorland (until 1974)
 * West Midlands (from 1974)
 * West Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
 * West Sussex (from 1974)
 * West Yorkshire (from 1974)
 * Wiltshire
 * Worcestershire (until 1974 and from 1998)
 * Worcester (until 1974) – held jointly with Worcestershire 1882–1974
 * Yorkshire (until Restoration)
 * York (until 1974) – held jointly with West Riding of Yorkshire 1882–1974

Scotland

 * Aberdeen (from 1900)
 * Aberdeenshire
 * Angus
 * Argyll and Bute (from 1975)
 * Argyllshire (until 1975)
 * Ayrshire (until 1975)
 * Ayrshire and Arran (from 1975)
 * Banffshire
 * Berwickshire
 * Buteshire (until 1975)
 * Caithness
 * Clackmannanshire
 * Cromarty (until 1890)
 * Dumfries
 * Dunbartonshire
 * Dundee (from 1894)
 * East Lothian (from 1921)
 * Edinburgh (known as the "Lord Lieutenant of the City and County of the City of Edinburgh, and the Liberties thereof" until 1975)
 * Edinburghshire – renamed Midlothian 1921
 * Elginshire – renamed Moray 1928
 * Fife
 * Forfarshire – renamed Angus 1928
 * Glasgow (from 1893)
 * Haddingtonshire – renamed East Lothian 1921
 * Inverness
 * Kincardineshire
 * Kinross-shire (until 1975)
 * Kirkcudbright
 * Lanarkshire
 * Linlithgowshire – renamed West Lothian 1921
 * Midlothian
 * Moray (known as Elgin or Elginshire until 1928)
 * Nairn
 * Orkney (from 1975)
 * Orkney and Shetland (until 1975)
 * Peeblesshire (until 1975)
 * Perth and Kinross (from 1975)
 * Perthshire (until 1975)
 * Renfrewshire
 * Ross and Cromarty (since 1890)
 * Ross-shire (until 1890)
 * Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (since 1975)
 * Roxburghshire (until 1975)
 * Selkirkshire (until 1975)
 * Shetland (from 1975)
 * Stirling and Falkirk (from 1975)
 * Stirlingshire (until 1975)
 * Sutherland
 * Tweeddale (from 1975)
 * West Lothian (from 1921)
 * Western Isles (from 1975)
 * Wigtown

Wales

 * Anglesey (until 1974)
 * Brecknockshire (until 1974)
 * Caernarvonshire (until 1974)
 * Cardiganshire (until 1974)
 * Carmarthenshire (until 1974)
 * Carmarthen (until 1974) – held jointly with Carmarthenshire 1882–1974
 * Clwyd (from 1974)
 * Denbighshire (until 1974)
 * Dyfed (from 1974)
 * Flintshire (until 1974)
 * Glamorgan (until 1974)
 * Gwent (from 1974)
 * Gwynedd (from 1974)
 * Haverfordwest (until 1974)
 * Merionethshire (until 1974)
 * Mid Glamorgan (from 1974)
 * Monmouthshire (until 1974)
 * Montgomeryshire (until 1974)
 * Pembrokeshire (until 1974)
 * Powys (from 1974)
 * Radnorshire (until 1974)
 * South Glamorgan (from 1974)
 * West Glamorgan (from 1974)

Ireland

 * Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (until 1922)

Northern Ireland

 * Antrim
 * Armagh
 * Belfast (from 1899)
 * Down
 * Fermanagh
 * Londonderry (County)
 * Londonderry (County Borough) Held jointly with County Londonderry 1882–1899
 * Tyrone

rest of Ireland

 * Carlow (until 1922)
 * Cavan (until 1922)
 * Clare (until 1922)
 * Cork (until 1922)
 * Cork (County of the City) – usually held with County Cork (until 1922)
 * Donegal (until 1922)
 * Drogheda (County of the Town) (until 1899) – held jointly with County Louth 1882–1899
 * Dublin (until 1922)
 * Dublin (County of the City) (until 1922)
 * Galway (until 1922)
 * Galway (County of the Town) (until 1899) – held jointly with County Galway 1882–1899
 * Kerry (until 1922)
 * Kildare (until 1922)
 * Kilkenny (until 1922)
 * Kilkenny (County of the City) (until 1899) – jointly with County Kilkenny 1882–1899
 * King's County (until 1922)
 * Leitrim (until 1922)
 * Limerick (until 1922)
 * Limerick (County of the City) (until 1922) – usually held jointly with County Limerick
 * Longford (until 1922)
 * Louth (until 1922)
 * Mayo (until 1922)
 * Meath (until 1922)
 * Monaghan (until 1922)
 * Queen's County (until 1922)
 * Roscommon (until 1922)
 * Sligo (until 1922)
 * Tipperary (until 1922)
 * Waterford (until 1922)
 * Waterford (County of the City) (until 1922) – held jointly with County Waterford 1882–1922
 * Westmeath (until 1922)
 * Wexford (until 1922)
 * Wicklow (until 1922)