This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1552–?Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595vacantRobert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 4 February 1615 – 20 November 1617Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham 20 November 1617 – 10 December 1627vacantJohn Howson, Bishop of Durham 13 October 1628 – 6 February 1632Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham 30 July 1632 – 1642Sir Henry Vane 1642 (Parliamentary)InterregnumThomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg 27 July 1660 – 1661John Cosin 13 September 1661 – 15 January 1672In commission 18 April 1672 – 19 November 1674Charles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleWilliam Widdrington, 2nd Baron WiddringtonEdward VilliersSir Christopher Conyers, 2nd BaronetSir Ralph Cole, 2nd BaronetSir Gilbert Gerard, 1st BaronetSir George VaneSir James Clavering, 1st BaronetHenry LambtonJohn TempestWilliam BlakestonCuthbert CarreRalph DavisonSir Francis BowesNathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 19 November 1674 – 1689Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 27 February 1690 – 1712Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 8 May 1712 – 1714Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 16 December 1714 – 17 December 1721William Talbot, Bishop of Durham 10 January 1722 – 10 October 1730Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham 11 December 1730 – 20 July 1750vacantHenry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington 21 March 1753 – 6 March 1758Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington 11 July 1758 – 8 September 1792William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 26 November 1792 – 29 January 1842Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 7 April 1842 – 6 March 1854George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham 31 March 1854 – 27 November 1879George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry 15 January 1880 – 6 November 1884John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham 2 December 1884 – 18 September 1928Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 14 June 1928 – 1949John Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson 28 April 1949 – 1958Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard 20 October 1958 – 19 October 1964Sir James Fitzjames Duff 18 February 1964 – 24 April 1970John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard 1 October 1970 – 21 April 1988David James Grant 21 April 1988 – 30 January 1997Sir Paul Nicholson 30 January 1997 – 7 March 2013Susan Snowdon 8 March 2013 – present 