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History of the East Sussex Lieutenancy

Henry VIII appointed the first Lord-Lieutenants. Lord-Lieutenants were originally appointed to maintain order and local military defence. They appointed and managed magistrates and were responsible for looking after state documents in the county and informing The King or Queen of what was going on locally.

The first Lord-Lieutenant for Sussex was appointed in 1550.

Since 1974, the monarch has appointed a Lord-Lieutenant for each of the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.

Lord-Lieutenants of East Sussex

  • 2021 – Mr Andrew Blackman CStJ
  • 2008-2021– Sir Peter Field KCVO
  • 2000-2008 Mrs Phyllida Stewart-Roberts CVO OBE
  • 1989-2000 Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson KCB
  • 1974-1989 John Henry Guy Nevill KG OBE, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny

Lord-Lieutenants of Sussex

  • 1949-1974 Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
  • 1917-1949 Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Lord Leaconfield
  • 1905-1917 Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
  • 1892-1905 William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
  • 1886-1892 Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
  • 1860-1886 Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester
  • 1835-1860 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
  • 1819-1835 George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
  • 1816-1819 Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
  • 1807-1815 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 Abergavenny
  • 1754-1757 John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
  • 1706-1750 Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (styled Earl of Hertford to 1748)
  • 1689-1706 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
  • 1688 Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montague
  • 1677-1688 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
  • 1670-1677 Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset and his son Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (styled Earl of Middlesex 1675-1677)
  • 1668-1670 Joceline Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland
  • 1660-1668 Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
  • 1642-1660 Commonwealth
  • 1636-1642 Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland and Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Mowbray (styled Lord Mautravers to 1640)
  • 1635 Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset and Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
  • 1624-1635 Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel and Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, 1624-1642
  • 1612-1624 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel and Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset
  • 1609-1612 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
  • 1608-1609 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel and Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset
  • 1604-1608 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Thomas Sackville, 1st Lord Buckhurst and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
  • 1586-1604 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (styled Lord Howard of Effingham to 1597) and Thomas Sackville, 1st Lord Buckhurst
  • 1585-1586 Charles Howard, 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham
  • 1569-1570 Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst and William West, (Lord de la Warr from 1570)
  • 1561 - 1569 John Lumley, 1st Lord Lumley
  • 1559-1560 Henry Fitz Alan, 12th Earl of Arundel