See Lord Lieutenant of Wales before 1694
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, 31 May 1694 – 10 March 1696
- Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 10 March 1696 – 5 November 1701
- William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, 18 June 1702 – 5 November 1702
- Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, 2 December 1702 – 4 September 1713
- Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth, 4 September 1713 – 21 October 1714
- Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, 21 October 1714 – 18 January 1725
- George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, 7 April 1725 – 7 May 1733
- Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 21 June 1733 – 27 August 1748
- Richard Myddelton, 20 August 1748 – March 1795
- Vacant, March 1795 - 4 April 1796
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet, 4 April 1796 – 6 January 1840
- Robert Myddelton Biddulph, 8 February 1840 – 21 March 1872
- William Cornwallis-West, 5 June 1872 – 4 July 1917
- Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon, 24 January 1918 – 30 November 1927
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet, 23 February 1928 – 23 November 1951
- John Charles Wynne-Finch, 21 November 1951 – 15 September 1966
- Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet, 15 September 1966 – 31 March 1974
A deputy lieutenant of Denbighshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
- 1 February 1848: John Edward Madocks[1]
- 1 February 1848: John Price[1]
- 1 February 1848: Thomas Hughes of Ystrad[1]
- 31 July 1852: Captain Ebenezer Jones[2]
- 3 August 1852: Major Sir William Lloyd, Kt[2]
- 3 August 1852: Thomas Downward[2]
- 3 August 1852: James Maurice[2]
- 3 August 1852: Thomas Penson[2]