Deputy lieutenants of Aberdeen are commissioned by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen who, since 1899 by virtue of office, is also Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen.
The Lieutenancy Area of Aberdeen City was formerly known as the County of the City of Aberdeen - not to be confused with the County of Aberdeen, which is now known as Aberdeenshire.
- 11 October 1905: William Meff jun.[2]
- 11 October 1905: Sir James Taggart[2]
- 10 September 1908: Sir John Fleming[3]
- 10 September 1908: Colonel James Ogston[3]
- 29 November 1910: Colonel Lachlan Mackinnon, Advocate[4]
- 27 October 1911: Major General Sir Alexander John Forsyth Reid[5]
- 26 April 1912: Alexander Wilson[6]
- 28 July 1915: Norman Buchan, 18th Earl of Caithness[7]
- 28 July 1915: Weetman Pearson, 1st Baron Cowdray[7]
- 28 July 1915: Major General Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald[7]
- 28 July 1915: Harold John Tennant[7]
- 28 July 1915: John Turner[7]
- 21 September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Grant, 10th Baronet[8]
- 21 September 1917: Colonel William Andrew Mellis[8]
- 21 September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel James Ochoncar Forbes[8]
- 5 August 1918: George Bennett Mitchell[9]
- 23 January 1920: Major William Yeats McDonald[10]
- 10 September 1925: Commander Wilfrid Bayley Pirie[11]
- 10 September 1925: Colonel Macbeth Moir Duncan[11]
- 10 September 1925: Colonel William Smith Gill[11]
- 10 September 1925: Colonel Thomas Ogilvie[11]
- 10 September 1925: Colonel John Scott Riddell[11]
- 2 August 1926: Lieutenant Harry Alexander Holmes[12]
- 11 February 1928: Robert Williams[13]
- 28 May 1928: Colonel Frederick Richard Gerrard Forsyth[14]
- 4 December 1929: Colonel Harry Jackson Kinghorn[15]
- 4 December 1929: Sir Andrew Jopp Williams Lewis[15]
- 5 April 1930: Colonel Frank Fleming[16]
- 5 April 1930: Sir John Marnoch[16]
- 16 February 1932: John Malcolm Fyfe[17]
- 18 October 1932: John Reid Dean[18]
- 15 February 1933: James Reid Rust[19]
- 30 March 1935: Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, OBE[20]
- 30 March 1935: Colonel Thomas Fraser[20]
- 19 November 1935: Captain James Hay[21]
- 19 November 1935: Major Malcolm Vivian Hay[21]
- 14 January 1936: Henry Alexander[22]
- 15 December 1938: Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Watt[23]
- 15 December 1938: Major Alexander Lyon[23]
- 15 December 1938: James Dawson[23]
- 8 April 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel McDonald,[24][25][26][27] honorary Sheriff-substitute of Angus and Forfar, Sheriff-substitute of Hamilton, Sheriff-substitute of Arbroath, Sheriff-substitute of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire.[28]
- 8 April 1952: Duncan Fraser[24]
- 8 April 1952: Sir Alexander Greig Anderson[24]
- 6 July 1953: William David Reid[29]
- 30 August 1956: Lieutenant Athol Benzie[30]
- 30 August 1956: Reverend Professor John Macdonald Graham[30]
- 30 August 1956: Colonel Edward Birnie Reid[30]
- 12 May 1959: Honorary Colonel Roy Brown Strathdee, OBE[31]
- 12 May 1959: Honorary Colonel Alexander Milne[31]
- 12 May 1959: Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Mackinnon[31]
- 17 April 1964: George Stephen[32]
- 17 April 1964: Lieutenant-Colonel James Shankley[32]
- 17 April 1964: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Patrick Edward Murray}[32]
- 17 April 1964: Captain James Scott Gray Munro[32]
- 17 April 1964: John Cecil King[32]
- 17 April 1964: Lieutenant-Colonel aDouglas Edmond[32]
- 17 April 1964: Sir Ian Robert Algernon Forbes-Leith of Fyvie[32]
- 27 September 1965: Reverend Professor John Macdonald Graham[33]
- 1 May 1967: James Campbell Williamson[34]
- 1 May 1967: Colonel Alexander Logie Stalker[34]
- 1 May 1967: William Ranald Stewart Mellis[34]
- 1 May 1967: Lieutenant Richard Tunstall Ellis[34]
- 1 May 1967: Squadron Leader James Downie Campbell[34]
- 1 May 1967: Dr Logie Samuel Bain[34]
- 1 December 1970: Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld[35]
- 31 May 1978: Lieutenant James Fergus Watt[36]
- 31 May 1978: Frank Ramsay[36]
- 31 May 1978: Major David Maxwell Procter[36]
- 31 May 1978: Captain Kenneth Jamieson Peters}[36]
- 31 May 1978: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Howell Mann[36]
- 31 May 1978: Lieutenant Joseph Robert Carry[36]
- 10 December 1992: Charles Leslie Robertson[37]
- 20 December 1993: William Wyllie[38] (Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant 2004)
- 12 September 1995: James Alexander Lamond[39]
- 12 September 1995: Audrey Anne Dawson[39]
- 12 September 1995: Alan John Codona[39]
- 29 April 1999: Philip Kivuva Muinde[40]
- 29 April 1999: Alison Skene[40] (Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant on 4 January 2007)
- 17 April 2003: Andrew Lawtie[41] Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant on 3 September 2015.
- 17 April 2003: Lavina Massie[41]
- 3 March 2005: Michael C. Hastie
- 3 March 2005: Roy Hendry Thomson
- 3 March 2005: Jennifer A. Shirreffs
- 3 March 2005: Joseph Leiper
- 4 January 2007: John L. Langler
- 17 January 2007: James Smith Milne[42]
- 7 December 2007: Forbes McCallum[43]
- 17 April 2008: Margurita Esson[44]
- 17 April 2008: Audrey Walker[44]
- 23 April 2010: Dennis Davidson[45]
- 16 March 2012: Beverley Graham[46]
- 5 December 2013: Sir Ian Diamond,[47] Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen
- 20 April 2015: Gregory Poon[48]
- 17 November 2015: Lady (Joan) Catto[49]
- 19 December 2017: William Young,[50] former Aberdeen City Councillor
- 19 December 2017: Isabel McIntyre[50]
- December 2019: Gillian Milne
- December 2019: Graham Guyan
- March 2022: Avril Gray
- March 2022: Mike Melvin
- March 2022: Margaret Openshaw
- May 2022: Gail Mair[51]