This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Shetland. The office was created when that of Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland was divided in 1948

• Sir Arthur Nicolson 8 April 1948 – 25 April 1952
• Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence 21 July 1952 – 1963
• Robert Hunter Wingate Bruce 5 July 1963 – 1982
• Magnus Macdonald Shearer 6 October 1982 – 1994
• John Hamilton Scott 21 April 1994 – 2011
• Bobby Hunter 30 November 2011 – present^[1]