Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.
A deputy lieutenant of Aberdeenshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.
The Lieutenancy Area of Aberdeenshire was previously known as the County of Aberdeen – not to be confused with the former County of the City of Aberdeen.
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.
- 30 January 1908: Baron Sempill[11]
- 30 January 1908: Joseph Farquharson[11]
- 11 December 1909: Colonel George Milne[12]
- 11 December 1909: Colonel James Ogston[12]
- 11 August 1921: Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Haldane Farquharson[13]
- 30 November 1925: Major Atholl Laurence Cunynghame, Baron Forbes[14]
- 30 November 1925: Lieutenant-Colonel Garden Beauchamp Duff[14]
- 18 October 1927: Thomas Coats, Baron Glentanar[15]
- 18 October 1927: Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander James King[15]
- 14 November 1930: Lieutenant General Sir John T. Burnett-Stuart[16]
- 14 November 1930: Brigadier General John George Harry Hamilton[16]
- 16 January 1932: Falconer Lewis Wallace[17]
- 6 July 1933: Lieutenant-Colonel James William Ferguson[18]
- 20 February 1936: Major Alexander Arthur Fraser, Baron Saltoun[19]
- 4 October 1937: Colonel Sir Victor Audley Falconer Mackenzie[20]
- 2 June 1938: Robert Bruce[21]
- 25 November 1938: Captain Sir Alan McLean[22]
- 1 April 1939: Major Alexander Robert Leith[23]
- 26 June 1941: Colonel Robert James Burton Yates[24]
- 26 February 1945: Captain John Steele Allan[25]
- 26 February 1945: Colonel Sir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey}[25]
- 26 February 1945: Major Arthur Brooke[25]
- 26 February 1945: Major John Beauchamp Gordon Duff[25]
- 26 February 1945: Admiral Sir Charles Gordon Ramsey[25]
- 18 March 1949: Rear-Admiral Henry Dalrymple Bridges[26]
- 18 March 1949: Major David George Ian Alexander Gordon[26]
- 18 March 1949: Frederick Martin[26]
- 18 March 1949: Sir George Arthur Drostan Ogilvie-Forbes[26]
- 18 March 1949: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Turner[26]
- 7 March 1950: Lieutenant-Colonel William Lilburn[27]
- 16 June 1953: Colonel Sir John Stewart Forbes,[28]
- 9 April 1954: Captain Harold James Milne Provost of Fraserburgh 1950-56.[29][30]
- 14 January 1961: Major George William Bruce[31]
- 14 January 1961: Colonel David Peter Davidson[31]
- 14 January 1961: Observer Lieutenant Henry Quentin Forbes Irvine[31]
- 20 November 1963: Brigadier James Roderick, The Earl of Caithness[32]
- 20 November 1963: Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Walter Forbes of Corse[32]
- 20 November 1963: Captain Robin Fogg Elliot[32]
- 30 December 1966: Colonel Roger John Gary Fleming[33]
- 30 December 1966: Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Weaver Jack[33]
- 30 December 1966: Major Francis Charles Quentin Irvine of Barra and Straloch[33]
- 30 December 1966: Captain James Malcolm Hay[33]
- 30 December 1966: Colin Andrew Farquharson[33]
- 30 August 1971: June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair[34]
- 30 August 1971: Captain Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar[34]
- 6 September 1973: Major Laurence Ronald Kington Fyffe[35]
- 6 September 1973: Major James Scott Gray Munro[35]
- 6 September 1973: Maitland Mackie[35]
- 26 October 1984: Marion Patricia Campbell[36]
- 26 October 1984: Marc Floyd Ellington[36]
- 26 October 1984: Angus Durie Miller Farquharson[36]
- 19 August 1988: Patricia Mary Godsman[37]
- 19 August 1988: William James Ferguson[37]
- 19 August 1988: Captain Simon Mark Arthur, Baron Glenarthur[37]
- 12 September 1989: James Malcolm Marcus Humphrey of Dinnet[38]
- 12 September 1989: Colonel Rodney Francis Maurice Windsor[38]
- 11 July 1996: Nicola Barbara Bradford[39]
- 11 July 1996: John Alexander Campbell Don[39]
- 11 July 1996: Malcolm Nigel Forbes, Master of Forbes[39]
- 11 July 1996: Bridget Rosemary Zilla Tuck[39]
- 18 February 1998: Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Earl of Haddo[40]
- 23 May 2001: Clare Judith Thorogood[41]
- 23 May 2001: Richard Laurence Oliphant Fyffe[41]
- 23 May 2001: David Romer Paton[41]
- 22 May 2003: Joanna Clodagh Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen[42]
- 20 April 2005: Dr Maitland Mackie[43]
- 20 April 2005: Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Nicolson[43]
- 20 April 2005: Major Michael Pilgrim Taitt[43]
- 3 May 2013: John Douglas Fowlie[44]
- 3 May 2013: Fiona Kennedy[44]
- 3 May 2013: Miranda Jane McHardy[44]
- 3 May 2013: Reverend Kenneth Ian Mackenzie[44]
- 3 May 2013: Alexander Philip Manson[44]
- 3 May 2013: Andrew Cameron Salvesen[44]
- 20 August 2018: Jean Catherine Miller Haslam[45]
- 20 August 2018: Rear Admiral Christopher John Hockley[45]
- 20 August 2018: Major Grenville Archer Irvine-Fortescue[45]
- 20 August 2018: Sarah Barbara Mackie[45]
- 20 August 2018: Steven Alexander Mackison[45]