Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
Encyclopedia
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
.
At this point the Lieutenancy was split into two, per the Local Government Act 1972
, and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex
and the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
.
Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
. From 1677 until 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Sussex
Custos Rotulorum of Sussex
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Sussex.* Sir William Shelley bef. 1544–1549* Sir Richard Sackville 1549–1566* Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset bef...
.
Lord Lieutenants of Sussex to 1974
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so.-Court career:...
1551–? jointly with - Thomas West, 9th Baron De La WarrThomas West, 9th Baron De La WarrThomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and 6th Baron West, KG succeeded to his titles at the age of 50. He was the son of Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and Lady Elizabeth Morton, daughter of Sir George Morton, of Lechlade....
1551–? - Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so.-Court career:...
1559–1561 - John Lumley, 1st Baron LumleyJohn Lumley, 1st Baron LumleyJohn Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley was an English aristocrat.- Early life :John Lumley was born about 1533, was grandson and heir of John, Lord Lumley, being son and heir of his only son and heir apparent George Lumley by Jane second daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Knightly of Upton,...
1561–1569 - Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...
1570–1585 jointly with - William West, 1st Baron De La WarrWilliam West, 1st Baron De La WarrWilliam West, 1st Baron De La Warr, of the second creation was nephew and adopted heir of Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr. William West was the eldest son of Sir George West, the third of four brothers, and of Elizabeth Morton, daughter of Sir George Morton of Lechlade...
1570 – 1585 and - Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron BuckhurstThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of DorsetThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, dramatist and Freemason. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.-Biography:...
1570 – 1585 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of NottinghamCharles Howard, 1st Earl of NottinghamCharles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , known as Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I...
3 July 1585 – 26 August 1608 jointly with - Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of DorsetThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of DorsetThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, dramatist and Freemason. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.-Biography:...
1586 – 19 April 1608 and - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of NorthumberlandHenry Percy, 3rd Earl of NorthumberlandHenry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort.-Family:...
1586 – 26 August 1608 - Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of DorsetRobert Sackville, 2nd Earl of DorsetRobert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset was an English aristocrat and politician, with humanist and commercial interests.-Life:He was the eldest son of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, by Cecily, daughter of Sir John Baker...
26 August 1608 – 27 February 1609 - vacant
- Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of DorsetRichard Sackville, 3rd Earl of DorsetRichard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset was the son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset....
10 December 1612 – 28 March 1624 - Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of DorsetEdward Sackville, 4th Earl of DorsetEdward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset KG was the son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and the brother and heir of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset.-Life:...
13 July 1624 – 1642 jointly with - Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG was an English military leader and a prominent supporter of constitutional monarchy.-Family background:...
16 September 1635 – 1642 and - Lord MaltraversHenry Howard, 22nd Earl of ArundelHenry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, PC was an English noble and the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall...
2 June 1636 – 1642 - English Interregnum
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG was an English military leader and a prominent supporter of constitutional monarchy.-Family background:...
11 August 1660 – 13 October 1668 - Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of NorthumberlandJoceline Percy, 11th Earl of NorthumberlandJosceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, 5th Baron Percy was an English peer.Percy was the eldest son of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland and his second wife, Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk...
9 November 1668 – 31 May 1670 - Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of DorsetRichard Sackville, 5th Earl of DorsetRichard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset was an English peer and politician.He was born at Dorset House, the second of three children of Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset...
15 July 1670 – 27 August 1677 jointly with - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex was an English poet and courtier.-Early Life:He was son of Richard Sackville, 5th 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 DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex was an English poet and courtier.-Early Life:He was son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset...
17 April 1689 – 29 January 1706 - Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of SomersetAlgernon Seymour, 7th Duke of SomersetGeneral Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset was the son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and his wife, Elizabeth...
22 April 1706 – 7 February 1750 - vacant
- John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of AshburnhamJohn Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, PC , styled Viscount St Asaph from 1730 to 1737, was a British peer and courtier....
18 March 1754 – 20 September 1757 - George Nevill, 1st Earl of AbergavennyGeorge Nevill, 1st Earl of AbergavennyGeorge Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny was an English Peer.He was the oldest son of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny and Katharine Tatton....
20 September 1757 – 4 July 1761 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.A protégé of Sir Robert Walpole, he served...
4 July 1761 – 15 January 1763 - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of EgremontCharles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of EgremontCharles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC and Catherine née Seymour, succeeded his uncle, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 2nd Earl of Egremont in 1750...
15 January 1763 – 21 August 1763 - Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of RichmondCharles Lennox, 3rd Duke of RichmondField Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, KG, PC, FRS , styled Earl of March until 1750, was a British politician and office holder noteworthy for his advanced views on the issue of parliamentary reform...
23 November 1763 – 29 December 1806 - Charles Howard, 11th Duke of NorfolkCharles Howard, 11th Duke of NorfolkCharles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk , styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 to 1786, was a British peer, the son of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Brockholes....
19 January 1807 – 16 December 1815 - Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of RichmondCharles Lennox, 4th Duke of RichmondCharles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox KG, PC was a British soldier and politician and Governor General of British North America.-Background:...
11 March 1816 – 28 August 1819 - George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of EgremontGeorge Wyndham, 3rd Earl of EgremontGeorge O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...
18 November 1819 – 19 June 1835 - Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of RichmondCharles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of RichmondCharles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox KG, PC , styled Earl of March until in 1819, was a British soldier, politician and a prominent Conservative.-Background and education:...
19 June 1835 – 21 October 1860 - Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester 21 November 1860 – 16 March 1886
- Henry Brand, 1st Viscount HampdenHenry Brand, 1st Viscount HampdenHenry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB, PC , was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.-Background and education:...
6 April 1886 – 14 March 1892 - William Nevill, 1st Marquess of AbergavennyWilliam Nevill, 1st Marquess of AbergavennyWilliam Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny KG, MVO , styled Viscount Neville between 1845 and 1868 and known as The Earl of Abergavenny between 1868 and 1876, was a British peer....
12 April 1892 – 19 December 1905 - Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of NorfolkHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of NorfolkHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...
19 December 1905 – 11 February 1917 - Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron LeconfieldCharles Wyndham, 3rd Baron LeconfieldCharles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield GCVO , was a British peer.A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, Leconfield was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield, and Constance Evelyn Primrose, and succeeded his father as third Baron in 1901...
26 March 1917 – 25 January 1949 - Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of NorfolkBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of NorfolkBernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old...
25 January 1949 – 31 March 1974
At this point the Lieutenancy was split into two, per the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex
Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex since the creation of the post and the county on 1 April 1974.-Lord Lieutenants of East Sussex:*John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny 1 April 1974 – 9 November 1989...
and the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
This is a complete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex since the creation of the office and the county on 1 April 1974:...
.