Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent The Countess of Strathmore since 15 November 2024
House of Lords
Style	Senior Deputy Speaker (informal and within the house) His or her own peerage title
Status	Deputy Presiding Officer
Appointer	Lord Speaker

The Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords is the second-most senior officer within the House of Lords and deputises for the Lord Speaker when they are absent and at their direction.

Senior Deputy Speakers

Portrait	Senior Deputy Speaker	Term of Office			Session(s)	Lord Speaker
		Start	End	Duration
	The Baron Mornington		11 November 2020		8th Session 9th Session	The Duchess of Buccleuch
	The Duchess of Buccleuch				9th Session	The Countess des Laurentides
	The Baroness Hastings				10th Session
	The Archbishop of Canterbury				11th Session
	The Viscountess Toronto				12th Session
	The Duchess of Cambridge				13th Session	The Viscountess Toronto
	The Baron Braybrooke		15 September 2021		14th Session	The Duke of Cornwall
	The Baron Sydney	15 September 2021				The Baron Braybrooke The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Baron Mornington				15th Session	The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Lord Carmichael				16th Session	The Baron Sydney
	The Lord Holland				17th Session	The Duchess of Rothesay
	The Lord Wellesey				18th Session
	The Earl of Merioneth				19th Session
	The Duke of Kent
	The Duchess of Rothesay	17 July 2022				The Duke of Kent
	The Viscount Halifax				20th Session	The Viscount Islington
	The Duke of Warwick				21st Session	The Duke of Kent
						The Baron Lomond
	The Bishop of Winchester		23 December 2022		22nd Session	The Duke of Somerset
	The Earl of Westmorland	26 December 2022			22nd Session 23rd Session
						The Duke of Cornwall
	The Baron Winchester		26 June 2023		24th Session 25th Session 26th Session
	The Earl of Westmorland				26th Session 27th Session
	The Duke of Cornwall				29th Session	The Marquess of Marchmain
	The Duke of Westminster				35th Session	The Earl of Durham
	The Countess of Strathmore	15 November 2024	present	36 days	36th Session