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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)

See also

• Lieutenancy area
• Lists of subdivisions of the United Kingdom
• List of Shrievalties
• Lists of Custodes Rotulorum
• Ceremonial counties of England
• Counties of Ireland
• Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
• Preserved counties of Wales

References

• Lists of lists of officeholders
• Lord lieutenancies
• Lists of subdivisions of the United Kingdom
• Local government in the United Kingdom