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Past Lord-Lieutenants of West Sussex & Sussex from 1559
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
