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^[1]
  • 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^[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]

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^[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]

21st century

• 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]

References

• 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.

1. Robert Surtees, History of Durham, vol. IV, p. 93.
2. The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (S.I. 1973, No. 1754).
3. "No. 51313". The London Gazette. 21 April 1988.
4. "No. 54670". The London Gazette. 5 February 1997.
5. "No. 60445". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 2013. p. 4889.
6. "No. 18793". The London Gazette. 15 April 1831. p. 717.
7. "No. 20837". The London Gazette. 17 March 1848. p. 1086.
8. "No. 61269". The London Gazette. 18 June 2015. p. 11320.

External links

• Official website of the Lieutenancy