Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries

• William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry 17 March 1794 -1797
• Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch 17 November 1797 - 20 April 1819
• Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry 8 June 1819 - 3 December 1837
• John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry 8 December 1837 - 1850
• Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry 31 August 1850 - 1858
• William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch 18 March 1858 - 5 November 1914
• John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch 4 January 1915 - 19 October 1935
• Francis John Carruthers 29 January 1936 - 22 May 1945
• Sir Hugh Gladstone 14 January 1946 - 5 April 1949
• Sir John Crabbe 22 July 1949 - 1 November 1961
• James Scott-Elliot 27 March 1962 - 1967
• Sir Arthur Duncan 27 November 1967 - 1970
• Kenneth Murray McCall 14 January 1970 -1973
• Sir William Turner 7 January 1973 - 1982
• Arthur James Jardine Patterson 5 May 1982 - 10 February 1988
• John Gavin Milne Home 16 August 1988 - 1991
• Captain Ronald Charles Cunningham-Jardine 16 December 1991 - 2006
• Jean Douglas Tulloch 19 August 2006 - 2016
• Fiona Kathryne Armstrong 10 February 2016 -present