Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
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This is a complete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. From 1706 until 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Sussex.
- 1559–1561: Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
- 1561–1569: John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
- 1570–1585: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, jointly with:
- William West, 1st Baron De La Warr
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (as Lord Buckhurst).
- 1585–1608: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (as 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham 1585–1596), jointly with:
- 1586–1608 Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset (as Lord Buckhurst).
- 1608–1642: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, jointly with:
- 1642–1670: Vacant
- 1670–1677: Jointly, Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset and his son, Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst
- 1677–1688: Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
- 1688: Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu
- 1689–1706: Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
- 1706–1750: Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset
- 1750–1754: Vacant
- 1754–1757: John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
- 1757–1761: George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny
- 1761–1762: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
- 1762–1763: Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
- 1763–1807: Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- 1807–1816: Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
- 1816–1819: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
- 1819–1835: George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
- 1835–1860: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
- 1860–1886: Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester
- 1886–1892: Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
- 1892–1905: William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
- 1905–1916: Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
- 1917–1949: Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield
- 1949–1974: Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
At this point the Lieutenancy was split into two, per the Local Government Act 1972. See also Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex.
