Like Lord-Lieutenants, Deputy Lieutenants retire at age 75 at the latest. They should also not continue if, before reaching age 75, they cease to be able to undertake Lieutenancy duties or move outside the area or county. Any DL who retires may be permitted by the Lord-Lieutenant to retain the post-nominal letters “DL”.
The following people are all former Deputy Lieutenants and fulfilled their duty to the betterment of Greater Manchester. The Lord-Lieutenant and the Greater Manchester Lieutenancy thank them all for their service.
| NAME | DATES SERVED |
| Mr Kabir Ahmed MBE JP DL | 2002 – 2015 |
| Mr George H Almond CBE OStJ DL MSc. | 1999 – 2019 |
| Mr Peter Banks DL | 2007 – 2014 |
| Miss Mumtaz Bashir-Hanid JP DL BSc | 2008 – 2019 |
| Mr John B Battye DL | 1999 – 2020 |
| Capt Frank K Bennett RD DL RNR | 1992 – 2002 |
| Revd Elizabeth Binns MBE DL | 2009 – 2021 |
| Mr A Thomas Booth CBE DL Dlitt | 2003 – 2010 |
| Dame Alexandra Burslem DBE JP DL | 2004 – 2015 |
| Mrs Vivien Carter MBE JP DL | 2003 – 2021 |
| Mrs Susan Craig JP DL | 2007 – 2023 |
| Surgeon Cmdr John R N Curt OBE RD DL RNR (Rtd) | 1997 – 2007 |
| Lt Col Peter L K Darroch DL | 2001 – 2012 |
| Canon Paul Denby MBE JP DL | 2011 – 2022 |
| Wing Cmdr David Forbes MBE DL RAFVR(T) | 2003 – 2014 |
| Mr Paul Goddard LVO DL | 2007 – 2017 |
| Col. Brian Gorski MBE MSc BSc MCGI | 2015 – 2021 |
| Mr Michael Greenwood CBE DL | 2007 – 2022 |
| Mr Alan W Guest DL | 1986 – 2000 |
| Prof Sir Martin Harris CBE DL MA (Cantab) PhD | 1998 – 2009 |
| Mrs Jane E Harrison JP DL BSc | 1994 – 2004 |
| Lt Cdr Kevin M Heakin RD DL RNR | 2002 – 2019 |
| Mrs Jennifer M Hindshaw TD JP DL | 1999 – 2013 |
| Ms Susan K Hodgkiss CBE DL | 1999 – 2022 |
| Mr Philip J Horton DL | 2004 – 2022 |
| Mr Robert E Hough CBE DL LLB DBA Dlitt FLJMU | 1997 – 2020 |
| Dr John Kennedy CBE KSG KCHS KCMCO DL | 1997 – 2013 |
| Mrs Margaret Kenyon DL MA | 1998 – 2010 |
| Air Vice-Marshal Jon Lamonte PhD MA BSc (Hons) | 2014 – 2018 |
| Mrs Helen L Fitzgerald Larkin MBE DL DSG | 2001 – 2014 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Lee of Trafford DL | 1995 – 2011 |
| Mr Kai Hung Lee CBE DL LLD | 2003 – 2010 |
| Ms Ruth Ibegbuna | 2014 – 2021 |
| Mr Paul A Lee OBE DL MA LLB | 1998 – 2021 |
| Major W Richard Lees-Jones TD DL | 1998 – 2008 |
| Mr Anthony J Leon DL | 2001 – 2013 |
| Prof Sir Netar Mallick DL FRCP | 1999 – 2010 |
| Mr Nick Massey | 2010 – 2023 |
| Mr James W Maloney JP DL | 2005 – 2013 |
| Lady Montgomery DL (Joyce) | 1992 – 2002 |
| Mrs Carole Nash OBE DL | 2011 – 2016 |
| Col Martin Newman MBE DL FCIPR | 2009 – 2022 |
| Mrs Karen Phillips MBE | 2011 – 2019 |
| Mr Rodger J Pannone DL QC Hon DLitt LLD | 1999 – 2018 |
| Mrs Joyce Redfearn CBE | 2012 – 2021 |
| Mrs Kath T Robinson DL | 2008 – 2020 |
| Mr Anil Ruia OBE JP DL LLB ACA | 2006 – 2019 |
| The Hon. Mr Justice Ryder Kt TD DL MA (Sir Ernest) | 2009 – 2023 |
| Lady Smith DL (Joy) | 2008 – 2020 |
| Sir Warren Smith KCVO KStJ JP DL LLD DLitt Served as Lord-Lieutenant from 2007 until 2022 | 1995 – 2022 |
| Col Stan H Spackman KStJ TD DL | 1997 – 2012 |
| Sir Norman K Stoller CBE KStJ DL | 1995 – 2009 |
| Mrs Anne Sykes JP DL | 2003 – 2020 |
| Col Sir John Bradford Timmins KCVO OBE KStJ TD DL DSc LLD Served as Lord-Lieutenant from 1987 until 2007 | 1981 – 2007 |
| Mr Geoff Thompson MBE DL FRSA | 2014 – 2019 |
| Col Ivan Vail DL | 1993 – 2005 |
| Mr Christian Wewer DL BA BArch. | 2004 – 2017 |
| Mr John Willis CBE DL DLitt BA(Econ) CPFA | 2006 – 2022 |