Lord Lieutenant of Durham

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham.

Lord lieutenants

 * Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1552–?
 * Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595
 * vacant
 * Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 4 February 1615 – 20 November 1617
 * Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham 20 November 1617 – 10 December 1627
 * vacant
 * John Howson, Bishop of Durham 13 October 1628 – 6 February 1632
 * Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham 30 July 1632 – 1642
 * Sir Henry Vane 1642 (Parliamentary)
 * Interregnum
 * Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg 27 July 1660 – 1661
 * John Cosin 13 September 1661 – 15 January 1672
 * In commission 18 April 1672 – 19 November 1674
 * Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
 * William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington
 * Edward Villiers
 * Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet
 * Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet
 * Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet
 * Sir George Vane
 * Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet
 * Henry Lambton
 * John Tempest
 * William Blakeston
 * Cuthbert Carre
 * Ralph Davison
 * Sir Francis Bowes
 * Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 19 November 1674 – 1689
 * Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 27 February 1690 – 1712
 * Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 8 May 1712 – 1714
 * Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 16 December 1714 – 17 December 1721
 * William Talbot, Bishop of Durham 10 January 1722 – 10 October 1730
 * Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham 11 December 1730 – 20 July 1750
 * vacant
 * Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington 21 March 1753 – 6 March 1758
 * Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington 11 July 1758 – 8 September 1792
 * William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 26 November 1792 – 29 January 1842
 * Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 7 April 1842 – 6 March 1854
 * George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham 31 March 1854 – 27 November 1879
 * George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry 15 January 1880 – 6 November 1884
 * John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham 2 December 1884 – 18 September 1928
 * Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 14 June 1928 – 1949
 * John Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson 28 April 1949 – 1958
 * Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard 20 October 1958 – 19 October 1964
 * Sir James Fitzjames Duff 18 February 1964 – 24 April 1970
 * John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard 1 October 1970 – 21 April 1988
 * David James Grant 21 April 1988 – 30 January 1997
 * Sir Paul Nicholson 30 January 1997 – 7 March 2013
 * Susan Snowdon 8 March 2013 – present

Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Durham is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th century

 * 11 April 1831: John Pratt
 * 11 April 1831: Leonard Raisbeck
 * 11 April 1831: Robert Appleby
 * 11 April 1831: William Hodgson
 * 11 April 1831: John Fawcett
 * 11 April 1831: William Mills
 * 11 April 1831: Thomas Greenwell
 * 11 April 1831: George Townshend Fox
 * 14 March 1848: Robert Duncombe Shafto

21st century

 * 18 June 2015: Dr Jon Levick
 * 18 June 2015: Dame Maura Regan
 * 18 June 2015: Derek Winter
 * 18 June 2015: Lady Sarah Nicholson