Lord Lieutenant of Durham
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
- Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmoreland 1552–?
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1586–1595
- vacant
- Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 1615–1617
- Richard Neile 1617–1627
- George Monteigne? 1628
- John Howson 1628–1632
- Thomas Morton 1632–1642
- Sir Henry Vane 1642 (Parliamentary)
- Interregnum
- Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg 1660–1661
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1672–?
- Nathaniel Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe, Bishop of Durham 1687–1689
- Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough 1689–1712
- Nathaniel Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe, Bishop of Durham 1712–1715
- Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough 1715–1721
- William Talbot, Bishop of Durham 1721–1730
- Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington 1753–1758
- Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington 1758–1792
- William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 1792–1842
- Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1842–1854
- George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham 1854–1879
- George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry 1880–1884
- John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham 1884–1928
- Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 1928–1949
- John Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson 1949–1958
- Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard 1958–1964
- Sir James Fitzjames Duff 1964–1970
- Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard 1970–1988[1]
- David James Grant 1988–1997 (appointed April 21, 1988)[2]
- Sir Paul Douglas Nicholson January 30, 1997–present[3]
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- ^ The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (S.I. 1973 No.1754)
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.51313, April 21, 1988
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 54670, February 5, 1997
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