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Below is a list of Lord-Lieutenants of Sussex and West Sussex since 1559. From 1974, East and West Sussex had separate Lord-Lieutenants; before that date there was one Lord-Lieutenant for the whole of Sussex.
Past Lord-Lieutenants of West Sussex | |
2008 – | Mrs Susan Pyper |
1999 – 2008 | Hugh R Wyatt, CVO |
1994 – 1999 | Major General Sir Philip Ward, KCVO, CBE |
1990 – 1994 | Charles Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond and Gordon |
1975 – 1990 | Lavinia Fitzalan Howard, Duchess of Norfolk |
1974 – 1975 | Bernard Fitzalan Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (NOTE: Previously Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex) |
Past Lord-Lieutenants of Sussex (before 1974) | |
1949 – 1974 | Bernard Fitzalan Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk |
1917 – 1949 | Charles Wyndham, 3rd Lord Leconfield |
1905 – 1916 | Henry Fitzalan Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk |
1892 – 1905 | William Neville, 1st Marquis of Abergavennay |
1886 – 1892 | Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden |
1860 – 1886 | Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester |
1835 – 1860 | Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond |
1819 – 1835 | George O’Brian Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont |
1816 – 1819 | Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond |
1807 – 1816 | Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk |
1763 – 1807 | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond |
1762 – 1763 | Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont |
1761 – 1762 | Thomas Pelham Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle |
1757 – 1761 | Henry Neville, 2nd Earl of Abergavennay |
1754 – 1757 | John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham |
1706 – 1750 | Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset |
1689 – 1706 | Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset |
1688 | Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montague |
1677 – 1688 | Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset |
Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst | |
1670 – 1677 | Richard Saville, 5th Earl of Dorset |
Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers | |
Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland | |
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset | |
1636 – 1642 | Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel |
Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland | |
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset | |
1635 | Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel |
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset | |
1624 – 1635 | Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel |
Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset | |
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel | |
1612 – 1624 | Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham |
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel | |
1608 – 1612 | Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham |
Richard Sackville, Lord Buckhurst | |
1586 – 1608 | Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham |
1585 | Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham |
William West, Lord de la Warr | |
Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst | |
1570 | Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague |
William West, Lord de la Warr | |
Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst | |
1569 | Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague |
1561 | John Lumley, 1st Lord Lumley |
1560 | Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel |
1559 | Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel |
Mr Hugh R Wyatt CVO — Mrs Pyper's immediate predecessor