Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. From 1677 until 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Sussex.
Lord Lieutenants of Sussex to 1974
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel 1551–? jointly with
- Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr 1551–?
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel 1559–1561
- John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley 1561–1569
- Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu 1570–1585 jointly with
- William West, 1st Baron De La Warr 1570 – 1585 and
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst 1570 – 1585
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham 3 July 1585 – 26 August 1608 jointly with
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset 1586 – 19 April 1608 and
- Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland 1586 – 26 August 1608
- Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset 26 August 1608 – 27 February 1609
- vacant
- Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset 10 December 1612 – 28 March 1624
- Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset 13 July 1624 – 1642 jointly with
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 16 September 1635 – 1642 and
- Henry Howard, Baron Maltravers 2 June 1636 – 1642
- English Interregnum
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 11 August 1660 – 13 October 1668
- Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland 9 November 1668 – 31 May 1670
- Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset 15 July 1670 – 27 August 1677 jointly with
- Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset 15 July 1670 – 28 February 1688
- Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu 28 February 1688 – 17 April 1689
- Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset 17 April 1689 – 29 January 1706
- Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset 22 April 1706 – 7 February 1750
- vacant
- John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham 18 March 1754 – 20 September 1757
- George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny 20 September 1757 – 4 July 1761
- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4 July 1761 – 15 January 1763
- Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont 15 January 1763 – 21 August 1763
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond 23 November 1763 – 29 December 1806
- Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk 19 January 1807 – 16 December 1815
- Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond 11 March 1816 – 28 August 1819
- George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont 18 November 1819 – 19 June 1835
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 19 June 1835 – 21 October 1860
- Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester 21 November 1860 – 16 March 1886
- Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden 6 April 1886 – 14 March 1892
- William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny 12 April 1892 – 19 December 1905
- Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 19 December 1905 – 11 February 1917
- Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield 26 March 1917 – 25 January 1949
- Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 25 January 1949 – 31 March 1974