The office of Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey and parts of The Wirral) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself.^[1]

The county's current deputy lieutenants are:^[6][7][8]

Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2021)

• Brigadier Selwyn Lloyd^[9]
• Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles^[9]
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Elston^[9]
• Major Henry B. Chrimes^[9]
• Air Commodore Jack Broughton^[10]
• Richard A. Foster^[10]
• William D. Fulton^[10]
• Professor Philip N. Love^[10]
• Harry Rimmer^[10]
• Sir James Sharples^[10]
• Anthony W. Shone^[10]
• Colonel Martin G.C. Amlôt^[11]
• Angela A. Jones^[12]
• Dr John E. Roberts^[12]
• John N. Rushbrooke^[12]
• Pauline L. Burrows^[13]
• Alan J. Chic^[13]
• Sir David C. Clarke^[13]
• Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead^[13]
• John R. Flamson^[13]
• Stephen B. L. Yip^[13]
• Wally Brown
• Professor Michael Brown
• James C.M. Davies
• Professor Sir Ian Gilmore
• Professor Sir Mark Hedley
• Roger Morris
• Edward Perry
• Abila Pointing

• The Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside