This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.

• William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 –
• Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1559
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1559–1572
• Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596
• Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 16 July 1605 – 16 June 1614
• Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 18 April 1615 – 1642 jointly with
• Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 28 February 1633 – 1642
• Interregnum
• Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 19 August 1661
• Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend 19 August 1661 – 6 March 1676
• Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth 6 March 1676 – 8 March 1683
• Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 5 April 1683 – 2 April 1701
• Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 26 May 1701 – 30 April 1713
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 30 April 1713 – 30 October 1714
• Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 30 October 1714 – 25 June 1730
• Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn 25 June 1730 – 13 December 1739
• John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire 13 December 1739 – 22 September 1756
• George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford 29 June 1757 – 5 December 1791
• George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 24 February 1792 – 14 September 1807
• William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield 11 March 1808 – 1 August 1821
• John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse 1 November 1821 – 31 May 1846
• Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester 28 July 1846 – 3 September 1906
• Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester 3 September 1906 – 1 May 1929
• Russell James Colman 1 May 1929 – 14 March 1944
• Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester 14 March 1944 – 21 August 1949
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th and 14th Baronet 30 September 1949 – 1978
• Sir Timothy Colman 30 March 1978 – 19 September 2004^[1]
• Sir Richard Jewson 19 September 2004 – 5 August 2019^[2]
• Lady Dannatt 5 August 2019 – present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Norfolk is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. 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.

18th Century

• 15 February 1793: John Micklethwait^[3]
• 15 February 1793: John Marcon^[3]
• 15 February 1793: Francis Daltonm^[4]
• 15 February 1793: Edward Parry^[4]
• 15 February 1793: James Burkin Burroughes^[4]
• 15 February 1793: Charles Collyer^[4]
• 15 February 1793: Thomas Fisher^[4]
• 15 February 1793: Edmund Rolfe^[4]
• 15 February 1793: James Coldham^[4]
• 15 February 1793: John Mann, Gent.^[4]
• 6 June 1798: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Halton^[5]
• 6 June 1798: Thomas Blake^[5]
• 6 June 1798: John Holley^[5]
• 6 June 1798: Rev. Robert Thomlinson^[5]
• 6 June 1798: Anthony Hammond^[5]