This is a list of people, who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire. The office was replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in 1975.

• Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 17 March 1794 – 1797^[1]
• Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier 17 November 1797 – 1 August 1823
• Henry Montagu-Scott, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton 25 August 1823 – 30 October 1845
• Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth 5 December 1845 – 16 August 1867
• Allan Eliott-Lockhart 15 November 1867 – 15 March 1878
• Walter Hepburne-Scott, 8th Lord Polwarth 2 May 1878 – 1920
• Maj. Charles Henry Scott Plummer 6 June 1920 – 26 June 1948
• Sir Samuel Strang Steel, 1st Baronet 13 September 1948 – 1958^[2]
• V-Adm. Sir Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith 15 February 1958 – 1975^[3]
• Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch 16 March 1975 – 1975^[4]
• Buccleuch became Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

• Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 10 February 2018.