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 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. References External links Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex Sussex History of Sussex 1974 disestablishments in England