Hugh Wyatt

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Hugh Rowland Wyatt, CVO (born 18 November 1933) was the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex from 1999 to 2008. He succeeded the late Major General Sir Philip Ward. He also served as High Sheriff of West Sussex from 1995 to 1996.

Career[edit]

Wyatt was educated at Winchester College. He served in the Royal Sussex Regiment from 1952-54 before going on to the London School of Printing. He is now a retired businessman, having been a Director of McCorquodale Plc, the printers, until 1985, and farms at Cissbury, Findon.

Wyatt was heavily involved in Sussex affairs, for example as Chairman of the Chichester Cathedral Council, Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Restoration & Development Trust and Pallant House, and as Patron or President of many other Sussex Charities and Trusts. He is the President of the Royal Sussex Regimental Association. He was High Sheriff of West Sussex 1995/96, and served as Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex from July 1999 until 2008.[1]

Wyatt was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[2]

Positions and patronages[edit]

Honorary titles
Preceded by
P Longley
High Sheriff of West Sussex
1995 – 1996
Succeeded by
J Knight
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
1999 – 2008
Succeeded by

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 55555". The London Gazette. 16 July 1999. p. 7715.
  2. ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 3.