The normal retirement age for a Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants is 75, after which each are included in a retired list, which is separate from the active establishment. Living Former Lord-Lieutenants and Retired Deputy Lieutenants are still able to continue their service to the community and the Lieutenancy in many ways.
Former Lord Lieutenants of Merseyside
- Sir Douglas Crawford (1974 to 1979)
- Sir Kenneth Stoddart KCVO KStJ (1979 to 1989)
- Henry Cotton (1989 to 1992)
- Sir Alan Waterworth KCVO (1993 to 2006)
- Dame Lorna Muirhead DCVO DBE CStJ (2006 to 2017)
- Mark Blundell CVO (2017 to 2025)
Retired Deputy Lieutenants
Listed below are those who remain active in supporting the work of the Lieutenancy. Those who have served in the office of High Sheriff of Merseyside are annotated * before their names.
- *Colonel Martin Amlôt OBE OStJ DL
- Professor Michael A Brown CBE DL
- Mrs Pamela A Brown MBE JP DL
- Wally Brown Esq CBE DL
- *Stephen Burrows Esq DL
- Alan J Chick Esq JP DL
- Sir David C Clarke DL
- Captain High Dalglish LVO JP RN DL
- *James C M Davies Esq OBE DL
- Mrs E Jane Dearden MBE DL
- *William D Fulton Esq JP DL
- Professor Sir Ian Gilmore DL
- *Mrs Jennifer Grundy JP DL
- Professor Sir Mark Hedley DL
- Colonel Charles T Hillock RD* DL
- Mrs Angela Jones OBE DL Hon DSc
- Nigel Lanceley DL
- *David C McDonnell Esq CBE DL
- Roger Morris Esq OBE DL
- *Roy A Morris CBE DL
- Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE DL
- Robert Owen JP DL
- Profesor Shiv Kumar Pande MBE DL FRCGP MBBS MS FO DA JP
- Dr Roger Phillips DL
- *Lady Pilkington MBE DL
- *Mrs Abila Pointing MBE DL
- *His Honour John H Roberts DL
- *Anthony Shone DL
- Hardev Singh Sohal Esq DL BA BEd Med DME
- *David Steer KC DL
- Nicholas Wainwright MBE DL
- *Commodore Roderick Walker RD** DL FCA RNR
- Alan Williams MVO DL
- Brian Wong DL
- Peter Woods MBE DL