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 – 1595 vacant Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 4 February 1615 – 20 November 1617 Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham 20 November 1617 – 10 December 1627 vacant John Howson, Bishop of Durham 13 October 1628 – 6 February 1632 Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham 30 July 1632 – 1642 Sir Henry Vane 1642 (Parliamentary) Interregnum Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg 27 July 1660 – 1661 John Cosin 13 September 1661 – 15 January 1672 In commission 18 April 1672 – 19 November 1674 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington Edward Villiers Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet Sir George Vane Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet Henry Lambton John Tempest William Blakeston Cuthbert Carre Ralph Davison Sir Francis Bowes Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 19 November 1674 – 1689 Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 27 February 1690 – 1712 Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham 8 May 1712 – 1714 Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 16 December 1714 – 17 December 1721 William Talbot, Bishop of Durham 10 January 1722 – 10 October 1730 Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham 11 December 1730 – 20 July 1750 vacant Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington 21 March 1753 – 6 March 1758 Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington 11 July 1758 – 8 September 1792 William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 26 November 1792 – 29 January 1842 Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 7 April 1842 – 6 March 1854 George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham 31 March 1854 – 27 November 1879 George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry 15 January 1880 – 6 November 1884 John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham 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