# Lists of lord lieutenancies

A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county.

## England

* Avon (from 1974 until 1996)
* Bedfordshire
* Berkshire
* Berwick-upon-Tweed (until 1974) – held jointly with Northumberland 1882–1974
* Bristol (until 1974 and from 1996) – held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882–1974
* Buckinghamshire
* Cambridgeshire
* Canterbury (until 1974) – held jointly with Kent 1872–1974
* Cheshire
* Chester (until 1974) – held jointly with Cheshire 1882–1974
* Cinque Ports (until 1889)
* City of London – held in Commission, headed by the Lord Mayor
* Cleveland (from 1974 until 1996)
* Cornwall
* Cumberland (until 1974)
* Cumbria (from 1974)
* Derbyshire
* Devon
* Dorset
* Durham
* East Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974 and from 1996)
* East Sussex (from 1974)
* Essex
* Exeter (until 1974) – held jointly with Devon 1882–1974
* Gloucestershire
* Gloucester (until 1974) – held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882–1974
* Greater London (from 1965)
* Greater Manchester (from 1974)
* Hampshire
* Herefordshire (until 1974 and from 1998)
* Hereford and Worcester (from 1974 until 1998)
* Hertfordshire
* Humberside (from 1974 until 1996)
* Huntingdon and Peterborough (from 1965 until 1974)
* Huntingdonshire (until 1965)
* Isle of Ely (until c. 16th)
* Isle of Wight (from 1974)
* Kent
* Kingston-upon-Hull (until 1974) – held jointly with East Riding of Yorkshire 1882–1974
* Lancashire
* Leicestershire
* Lichfield (until 1974) – held jointly with Staffordshire 1882–1974
* Lincolnshire
* Lincoln (until 1974) – held jointly with Lincolnshire 1882–1974
* County of London (from 1889 until 1965)
* Merseyside (from 1974)
* Middlesex (until 1965)
* Newcastle upon Tyne (until 1974) – held jointly with Northumberland 1882–1974
* Norfolk
* Norwich (until 1974) – held jointly with Norfolk 1882–1974
* Northamptonshire
* Northumberland
* Nottinghamshire
* Nottingham (until 1974) – held jointly with Nottinghamshire 1882–1974
* North Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
* North Yorkshire (from 1974)
* Oxfordshire
* Poole (until 1974) – held jointly with Dorset 1882–1974
* Rutland (until 1974 and from 1997)
* Shropshire
* Somerset
* Southampton (until 1974) – held jointly with Hampshire 1882–1974
* South Yorkshire (from 1974)
* Staffordshire
* Suffolk
* Surrey
* Sussex (until 1974)
* Tower Hamlets (until 1889)
* Tyne and Wear (from 1974)
* Warwickshire
* Westmorland (until 1974)
* West Midlands (from 1974)
* West Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
* West Sussex (from 1974)
* West Yorkshire (from 1974)
* Wiltshire
* Worcestershire (until 1974 and from 1998)
* Worcester (until 1974) – held jointly with Worcestershire 1882–1974
* Yorkshire (until Restoration)
* York (until 1974) – held jointly with West Riding of Yorkshire 1882–1974

## Scotland

* Aberdeen (from 1900)
* Aberdeenshire
* Angus
* Argyll and Bute (from 1975)
* Argyllshire (until 1975)
* Ayrshire (until 1975)
* Ayrshire and Arran (from 1975)
* Banffshire
* Berwickshire
* Buteshire (until 1975)
* Caithness
* Clackmannanshire
* Cromarty (until 1890)
* Dumfries
* Dunbartonshire
* Dundee (from 1894)
* East Lothian (from 1921)
* Edinburgh (known as the "Lord Lieutenant of the City and County of the City of Edinburgh, and the Liberties thereof" until 1975)
* Edinburghshire – renamed Midlothian 1921
* Elginshire – renamed Moray 1928
* Fife
* Forfarshire – renamed Angus 1928
* Glasgow (from 1893)
* Haddingtonshire – renamed East Lothian 1921
* Inverness
* Kincardineshire
* Kinross-shire (until 1975)
* Kirkcudbright
* Lanarkshire
* Linlithgowshire – renamed West Lothian 1921
* Midlothian
* Moray (known as Elgin or Elginshire until 1928)
* Nairn
* Orkney (from 1975)
* Orkney and Shetland (until 1975)
* Peeblesshire (until 1975)
* Perth and Kinross (from 1975)
* Perthshire (until 1975)
* Renfrewshire
* Ross and Cromarty (since 1890)
* Ross-shire (until 1890)
* Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (since 1975)
* Roxburghshire (until 1975)
* Selkirkshire (until 1975)
* Shetland (from 1975)
* Stirling and Falkirk (from 1975)
* Stirlingshire (until 1975)
* Sutherland
* Tweeddale (from 1975)
* West Lothian (from 1921)
* Western Isles (from 1975)
* Wigtown

## Wales

* Anglesey (until 1974)
* Brecknockshire (until 1974)
* Caernarvonshire (until 1974)
* Cardiganshire (until 1974)
* Carmarthenshire (until 1974)
* Carmarthen (until 1974) – held jointly with Carmarthenshire 1882–1974
* Clwyd (from 1974)
* Denbighshire (until 1974)
* Dyfed (from 1974)
* Flintshire (until 1974)
* Glamorgan (until 1974)
* Gwent (from 1974)
* Gwynedd (from 1974)
* Haverfordwest (until 1974)
* Merionethshire (until 1974)
* Mid Glamorgan (from 1974)
* Monmouthshire (until 1974)
* Montgomeryshire (until 1974)
* Pembrokeshire (until 1974)
* Powys (from 1974)
* Radnorshire (until 1974)
* South Glamorgan (from 1974)
* West Glamorgan (from 1974)

## Ireland

* Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (until 1922)

### Northern Ireland

* Antrim
* Armagh
* Belfast (from 1899)
* Down
* Fermanagh
* Londonderry (County)
* Londonderry (County Borough) Held jointly with County Londonderry 1882–1899
* Tyrone

### rest of Ireland

* Carlow (until 1922)
* Cavan (until 1922)
* Clare (until 1922)
* Cork (until 1922)
* Cork (County of the City) – usually held with County Cork (until 1922)
* Donegal (until 1922)
* Drogheda (County of the Town) (until 1899) – held jointly with County Louth 1882–1899
* Dublin (until 1922)
* Dublin (County of the City) (until 1922)
* Galway (until 1922)
* Galway (County of the Town) (until 1899) – held jointly with County Galway 1882–1899
* Kerry (until 1922)
* Kildare (until 1922)
* Kilkenny (until 1922)
* Kilkenny (County of the City) (until 1899) – jointly with County Kilkenny 1882–1899
* King's County (until 1922)
* Leitrim (until 1922)
* Limerick (until 1922)
* Limerick (County of the City) (until 1922) – usually held jointly with County Limerick
* Longford (until 1922)
* Louth (until 1922)
* Mayo (until 1922)
* Meath (until 1922)
* Monaghan (until 1922)
* Queen's County (until 1922)
* Roscommon (until 1922)
* Sligo (until 1922)
* Tipperary (until 1922)
* Waterford (until 1922)
* Waterford (County of the City) (until 1922) – held jointly with County Waterford 1882–1922
* Westmeath (until 1922)
* Wexford (until 1922)
* Wicklow (until 1922)