Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland

• James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton 1715 - ?
• George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton 1735 - 1738
• The Lord Dundas 17 March 1794 - 14 June 1820
• vacant
• The Earl of Zetland 10 May 1831 - 19 February 1839
• Hon. John Dundas 30 March 1839 - 14 February 1866
• Frederick Dundas 7 March 1866 - 26 October 1872
• Hon. John Dundas 18 December 1872 - 13 September 1892
• Malcolm Alfred Laing 5 November 1892 - 10 December 1917
• vacant
• Sir William Cheyne, Bt 1919 - 1930
• Alfred Baikie 1930-1947

  Vice Lieutenants

• Lieutenant-General Frederick William Traill-Burroughs, CB 17 January 1900