This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries.

• William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry 17 March 1794 – 1797^[1]
• Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch 17 November 1797 – 20 April 1819^[1]
• Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry 8 June 1819 – 3 December 1837^[1]
• John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry 8 December 1837 – 1850^[1]
• Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry 31 August 1850 – 1858^[1]
• William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch 18 March 1858 – 5 November 1914^[1]
• John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch 4 January 1915 – 19 October 1935^[1]
• Francis John Carruthers 29 January 1936 – 22 May 1945^[1]
• Sir Hugh Gladstone 14 January 1946 – 5 April 1949^[1]
• Sir John Crabbe 22 July 1949 – 1 November 1961^[1]
• James Scott-Elliot 27 March 1962 – 1967^[1]
• Sir Arthur Duncan 27 November 1967 – 1970^[1]
• Kenneth Murray McCall 14 January 1970 – 1973^[1]
• Sir William Turner 7 January 1973 – 1982^[1]
• Arthur James Jardine Patterson 5 May 1982 – 10 February 1988^[1]
• John Gavin Milne Home 16 August 1988 – 1991^[1]
• Captain Ronald Charles Cunningham-Jardine 16 December 1991 – 2006^[1]
• Jean Douglas Tulloch 19 August 2006 – 2016^[2]
• Fiona Kathryne Armstrong (MacGregor) 10 February 2016 – present^[3]