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–?[1]
- George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton 1735–1738[1]
- Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas 17 March 1794 – 14 June 1820[2][3]
- vacant[2]
- Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland 10 May 1831 – 19 February 1839[2]
- John Dundas 30 March 1839 – 14 February 1866[2]
- Frederick Dundas 7 March 1866 – 26 October 1872[2]
- John Dundas 18 December 1872 – 13 September 1892[2]
- Malcolm Alfred Laing 5 November 1892 – 10 December 1917
- vacant
- Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet 1919–1930
- Alfred Baikie 1930–1947
Vice Lieutenants edit
- Lieutenant-General Frederick William Traill-Burroughs 17 January 1900[4]
References edit
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Morton, Earl of (S, 1457/8)". Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, London 1894, p. 511
- ^ "No. 13652". The London Gazette. 6 May 1794. p. 409.
- ^ "No. 27156". The London Gazette. 23 January 1900. p. 438.