This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.

• John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1585-1585
• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester 1588-1598
• Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon 1598-1619
• Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington 1640-
• William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury 1642-
• Sir John Bankes
• Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 1667-1674
• John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett 1674-1679
• John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol 1680-1685
• John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol 1689-1698
• Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton 1702-1707
• Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex 1707-1708
• Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton 1708-1722
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 1727-1733
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury 1733-1771
• Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby 1771-1793
• George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 1793-1803
• George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester 1803-1808
• Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby 1808-1856
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 1856-1885
• Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester 1885-???
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury 1916-1952
• Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby 1952-1964
• Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby