This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham .
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
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[ 2]
David James Grant 21 April 1988 – 30 January 1997[ 3]
Sir Paul Nicholson 30 January 1997 – 7 March 2013[ 4]
Susan Snowdon 8 March 2013 – present[ 5] 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.
11 April 1831: John Pratt[ 6]
11 April 1831: Leonard Raisbeck[ 6]
11 April 1831: Robert Appleby[ 6]
11 April 1831: William Hodgson[ 6]
11 April 1831: John Fawcett[ 6]
11 April 1831: William Mills[ 6]
11 April 1831: Thomas Greenwell[ 6]
11 April 1831: George Townshend Fox[ 6]
14 March 1848: Robert Duncombe Shafto [ 7] 18 June 2015: Dr Jon Levick[ 8]
18 June 2015: Dame Maura Regan[ 8]
18 June 2015: Derek Winter[ 8]
18 June 2015: Lady Sarah Nicholson[ 8] J. C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 19.
J. C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
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