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Lord Lieutenant 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. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ...

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...

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Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1525–Aug 1563) was an English peer, member of the House of Lords and Knight of the Garter. Life He was born in 1525, the eldest son of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife, Katherine Staf ...

1552–? *

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (c. 153514 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman. Educated alongside the future Edward VI, he was briefly imprisoned by Mary I, and later considered by some as a potential successor to E ...

2 August 1586 – 1595 *''vacant'' *

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 158717 July 1645), was a politician, and favourite of King James VI and I. Background Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England, the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr (Carr) of Ferniehurst, Scot ...

4 February 1615 – 20 November 1617 *

Richard Neile Richard Neile (or Neale; 1562 – 31 October 1640) was an English churchman, bishop successively of six English dioceses, more than any other man, including the Archdiocese of York from 1631 until his death. He was involved in the last burning ...

, Bishop of Durham 20 November 1617 – 10 December 1627 *''vacant'' *

John Howson John Howson ( – 6 February 1632) 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. He was a student and then a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vice-Chance ...

, Bishop of Durham 13 October 1628 – 6 February 1632 * Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham 30 July 1632 – 1642 * Sir Henry Vane 1642 (

Parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...

) *''Interregnum'' * Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg 27 July 1660 – 1661 *

John Cosin John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 January 1672) was an English churchman. Life He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich School and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow. On taking orders he was a ...

13 September 1661 – 15 January 1672 *In commission 18 April 1672 – 19 November 1674 **

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (162824 February 1685) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created Earl of Carlisle in 1661. Howard was the son and ...

William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...

** Edward Villiers **

Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet (1621–1693), was one of the Conyers baronets and Lord Lieutenant of Durham. He married, firstly Elizabeth Langhorne and secondly, Julia Lumley, the daughter of Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley Ri ...

** Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet **

Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

** Sir George Vane **

Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet (3 February 1620 – 24 March 1702) was an English landowner. He was the grandson of James Clavering (1565–1630), a merchant adventurer, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1607, who bought an estate at Axwell Hou ...

Henry Lambton Henry Lambton (1697–1761), of Lambton Hall, county Durham, was a British landowner, colliery owner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1761. Lambton was baptized on 9 November 1697, the eldest son of Ralph Lambton ...

** John Tempest **

William Blakeston William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

Cuthbert Carre Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of ...

** Ralph Davison ** Sir Francis Bowes *

Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew (31 January 163318 September 1721) 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. Crew was the son of Jo ...

, Bishop of Durham 19 November 1674 – 1689 *

Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650 – 17 December 1721), was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution. Origins Lumley was the son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and the grandson of Richar ...

27 February 1690 – 1712 *

, Bishop of Durham 8 May 1712 – 1714 *

16 December 1714 – 17 December 1721 * William Talbot, Bishop of Durham 10 January 1722 – 10 October 1730 *

Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham Edward Chandler 1666 – 20 July 1750) was the Prince-Bishop of Durham, and resided at Durham Castle. Life He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College there, graduating BA in 1686. He was incorporated at Emmanuel College, Cambri ...

11 December 1730 – 20 July 1750 *''vacant'' *

Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, PC (c. 1705 – 6 March 1758), known as Lord Barnard between 1753 and 1754, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1753 when he succeeded to a peerage as Baron Barnard. Lif ...

21 March 1753 – 6 March 1758 *

Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726 – 8 September 1792) was a British peer. Life He was the son of the 1st Earl of Darlington and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a MA on 3 July 1749. He joined the Army as an E ...

11 July 1758 – 8 September 1792 *

William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, KG (27 July 1766 – 29 January 1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a Britis ...

26 November 1792 – 29 January 1842 *

Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, (born Charles William Stewart; 1778–1854), was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, a British soldier and a politician. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars, in the suppression of the Irish Rebell ...

7 April 1842 – 6 March 1854 *

George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer. Early life Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbledon and was baptis ...

31 March 1854 – 27 November 1879 *

George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, KP (26 April 1821 – 6 November 1884), styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was a British aristocrat, busin ...

15 January 1880 – 6 November 1884 *

John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (19 June 1855 – 18 September 1928), known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, was a British peer. Durham was the eldest twin son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, and his wife Lady Beatrix Frances, da ...

2 December 1884 – 18 September 1928 * Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 14 June 1928 – 1949 * John Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson 28 April 1949 – 1958 * Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard 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 – 7 March 2013 * Susan Snowdon 8 March 2013 – present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Durham is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

*11 April 1831: John Pratt, Esq. *11 April 1831: Leonard Raisbeck, Esq. *11 April 1831: Robert Appleby, Esq. *11 April 1831: William Hodgson, Esq. *11 April 1831: John Fawcett, Esq. *11 April 1831: William Mills, Esq. *11 April 1831: Thomas Greenwell, Esq. *11 April 1831: George Townshend Fox, Esq. *14 March 1848:

Robert Duncombe Shafto Robert Duncombe Shafto (1806 – 22 March 1889) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 1847 to 1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abys ...

, Esq.

21st Century

*18 June 2015: Dr Jon Levick *18 June 2015: Dame Maura Regan, *18 June 2015: Derek Winter *18 June 2015: Lady Sarah Nicholson

References

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External links

Official website of the Lieutenancy

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