Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland. From 1765 to 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland.

The county became part of Cumbria on 31 March 1974. See Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria.
 * Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 20 August 1586 – 14 December 1595
 * vacant?
 * George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland 1603–1605
 * vacant?
 * Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland 27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 jointly with
 * George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar 27 October 1607 – 20 January 1611 and
 * Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 and
 * Henry Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford 27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 and
 * Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 13 November 1626 – 31 August 1639 and
 * Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 23 July 1632 – 1642 and
 * Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 23 July 1632 – 1642
 * Interregnum
 * Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1 October 1660 – 24 February 1685
 * Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet 3 March 1685 – 1687
 * Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston 29 August 1687 – 1688
 * Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet 8 April 1689 – 1694
 * Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 28 June 1694 – 1 May 1738
 * Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale 1 June 1738 – 7 March 1751
 * Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont 23 April 1751 – 1759
 * James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 13 December 1759 – 24 May 1802
 * William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 26 June 1802 – 19 March 1844
 * William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 3 May 1844 – 1868
 * Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 14 December 1868 – 15 August 1876
 * Josslyn Francis Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster 3 October 1876 – 30 March 1917
 * Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale 22 May 1917 – 13 April 1944
 * Frescheville Hubert Ballantine-Dykes 5 April 1944 – 1949
 * Sir Robert Christopher Chance 19 April 1949 – 1958
 * Sir Frederick Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet 12 December 1958 – 1968
 * John Charles Wade 27 May 1968 – 31 March 1974