This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland . The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria. From 1751 to 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.
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- Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland 1553–1559
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 20 August 1586 – 14 December 1595
- vacant?
- George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland 1603–1605
- vacant?
- Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland 27 October 1607 – 4 January 1641 jointly with
- George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar 27 October 1607 – 20 January 1611 and
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 and
- Henry Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford 27 October 1607 – 1642 and
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 13 November 1626 – 31 August 1639 and
- Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639 and
- Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639
- Interregnum
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1 October 1660 – 24 February 1685
- Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet 3 March 1685 – 1687
- Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston 29 August 1687 – 1688
- Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet 8 April 1689 – 1694
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 28 June 1694 – 1 May 1738
- Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale 1 June 1738 – 7 March 1751
- vacant
- Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet 6 February 1753 – 15 April 1756
- Sir John Pennington, 3rd Baronet 29 April 1756 – 1758
- James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 13 December 1759 – 24 May 1802
- William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 26 June 1802 – 19 March 1844
- William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 3 May 1844 – 1868
- Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 14 December 1868 – 15 August 1876
- Sir Richard Musgrave, 11th Baronet 3 October 1876 – 13 February 1881
- Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield 15 March 1881 – 29 October 1926
- Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 8 December 1926 – 6 October 1931
- Stanley Hughes le Fleming 7 December 1931 – 1939
- Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther 1 December 1939 – 1945
- James Winstanley Cropper 26 April 1945 – 10 November 1956
- Henry Hornyold-Strickland 6 May 1957 – 1965
- Lieutenant-Commander Paul Norman Wilson 12 November 1965 – 31 March 1974
