This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland. The Lieutenancy was replaced by two Lieutenancies, the Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and the Lord Lieutenant of Shetland, in 1948.
James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton 1715 – ?George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton 1735 – 1738The Lord Dundas 17 March 1794 – 14 June 1820vacantThe Earl of Zetland 10 May 1831 – 19 February 1839Hon. John Dundas 30 March 1839 – 14 February 1866Frederick Dundas 7 March 1866 – 26 October 1872Hon. John Dundas 18 December 1872 – 13 September 1892Malcolm Alfred Laing 5 November 1892 – 10 December 1917vacantSir William Cheyne, Bt 1919 – 1930Alfred Baikie 1930–1947