Lord Lieutenant of Durham
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Durham
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Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
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- Henry Neville, 5th Earl of WestmorlandHenry Neville, 5th Earl of WestmorlandHenry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland was an English peer, member of the House of Lords and Knight of the Garter.He inherited the earldom from Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and was succeeded by his son Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland...
1552–? - Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonSir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
2 August 1586 – 1595 - vacant
- Robert Carr, 1st Earl of SomersetRobert Carr, 1st Earl of SomersetRobert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, , was a politician, and favourite of King James I of England.-Background:Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr of Ferniehurst, Scotland by his second wife, Janet, sister of Walter Scott of Buccleuch...
4 February 1615 – 20 November 1617 - Richard NeileRichard NeileRichard Neile was an English churchman, bishop of several English dioceses and Archbishop of York from 1631 until his death.-Early life:...
, Bishop of Durham 20 November 1617 – 10 December 1627 - vacant
- John HowsonJohn HowsonJohn Howson was an English academic and bishop.-Life:He was born in the London parish of St Bride's Church, and educated at St Paul's School....
, Bishop of Durham 13 October 1628 – 6 February 1632 - Thomas MortonThomas Morton (bishop)Thomas Morton was an English churchman, bishop of several dioceses.-Early life:Morton was born in York on 20 March 1564. He was brought up and grammar school educated in the city and nearby Halifax. In 1582 he became a pensioner at St John's College, Cambridge from which he graduated with a BA in...
, Bishop of Durham 30 July 1632 – 1642 - Sir Henry VaneHenry Vane the ElderSir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...
1642 (Parliamentary) - Interregnum
- Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount FauconbergThomas Belasyse, 1st Earl FauconbergThomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC was an English peer. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War drawing close to Oliver Cromwell and married Cromwell's third daughter Mary...
27 July 1660 – 1661 - John CosinJohn CosinJohn Cosin was an English churchman.-Life:He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich grammar school and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow. On taking orders he was appointed secretary to Bishop Overall of Lichfield, and then domestic chaplain to...
13 September 1661 – 15 January 1672 - In commission 18 April 1672 – 19 November 1674
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the...
- William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington
- Edward VilliersEdward VilliersSir Edward Villiers , the fourth son of Sir Edward Villiers and Barbara St. John, half-nephew to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham...
- Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet
- Sir George Vane
- Sir James Clavering, 1st BaronetSir James Clavering, 1st BaronetSir James Clavering, 1st Baronet was an English landowner.He was the grandson of James Clavering , a merchant adventurer, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1607, who bought an estate at Axwell House, near Blaydon on Tyne in 1629...
- Henry Lambton
- John Tempest
- William Blakeston
- Cuthbert Carre
- Ralph Davison
- Sir Francis Bowes
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
- Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron CrewNathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron CrewNathanial Crew, 3rd Baron Crew was Bishop of Oxford from 1671 to 1674, then Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721. As such he was one of the longest serving bishops of the Church of England....
, Bishop of Durham 19 November 1674 – 1689 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of ScarbroughRichard Lumley, 1st Earl of ScarbroughRichard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.-Origins:...
27 February 1690 – 1712 - Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron CrewNathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron CrewNathanial Crew, 3rd Baron Crew was Bishop of Oxford from 1671 to 1674, then Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721. As such he was one of the longest serving bishops of the Church of England....
, Bishop of Durham 8 May 1712 – 1714 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of ScarbroughRichard Lumley, 1st Earl of ScarbroughRichard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.-Origins:...
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 DarlingtonHenry Vane, 1st Earl of DarlingtonHenry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard.On 2 September 1725, he married Lady Grace Fitzroy, daughter of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton and they had seven children.Vane was Whig MP for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, St Mawes...
21 March 1753 – 6 March 1758 - Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of DarlingtonHenry Vane, 2nd Earl of DarlingtonHenry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington was a British peer, the son of the 1st Earl of Darlington.He married Margaret Lowther, a daughter of Robert Lowther, the Governor of Barbados, on 19 March 1757 in London. They had three children:*Lady Grace Vane Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726 – 8...
11 July 1758 – 8 September 1792 - William Vane, 1st Duke of ClevelandWilliam Vane, 1st Duke of ClevelandWilliam Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, KG was a British peer.He was born in 1766, the son of the 2nd Earl of Darlington, and was baptised at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace...
26 November 1792 – 29 January 1842 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 7 April 1842 – 6 March 1854
- George Lambton, 2nd Earl of DurhamGeorge Lambton, 2nd Earl of DurhamGeorge Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham , known as Viscount Lambton from 1831 to 1845, was a British peer....
31 March 1854 – 27 November 1879 - George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of LondonderryGeorge Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP , styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Born George...
15 January 1880 – 6 November 1884 - John Lambton, 3rd Earl of DurhamJohn Lambton, 3rd Earl of DurhamJohn George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham KG, GCVO, PC , known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, was a British peer....
2 December 1884 – 18 September 1928 - Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 14 June 1928 – 1949
- John Lawson, 1st Baron LawsonJack LawsonJohn James "Jack" Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson PC , was a British trade unionist and a Labour politician. A miner and later Member of Parliament in County Durham, he served in the governments of Ramsay MacDonald and Clement Attlee.-Background:Lawson was born in the port town of Whitehaven, Cumberland,...
28 April 1949 – 1958 - Christopher Vane, 10th Baron BarnardChristopher Vane, 10th Baron BarnardChristopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard CMG, OBE, MC, TD was a British peer and military officer.-Education:...
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
- David James Grant 21 April 1988 – 30 January 1997
- Sir Paul Nicholson 30 January 1997 – present