Hugh Wyatt

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 Wyatt was educated at Winchester College. He served in the Royal Sussex Regiment from 1952 to 1954 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.

He was awarded an honorary Fellowship by the University of Chichester in 2008.

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

Positions and patronages

Chairman, Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace Chairman, Advisory Committee on the General Commissioners of Income Tax Chairman of Chichester Cathedral Council Vice President, Chichester Cathedral Millennium Endowment Trust Patron, Chichester Cathedral Restoration & Development Trust Patron, Chichester Christian Care Association Patron, Friends of St Nicholas Building Trust Patron, The Lodge Hill Trust Appeal President, NSPCC - Sussex Full Stop Appeal Joint President, The Order of St John Patron, Pallant House, Chichester President, The Royal Sussex Regimental Association Appeal Patron, Royal West Sussex NHS Trust Joint President, SABC Clubs for Young People (Sussex) Vice President, South East Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (RFCA) Appeal President, Sussex Housing & Care Vice President, Sussex Rural Community Council Vice Patron, West Sussex Association for the Blind (4 Sight) Vice President, West Sussex Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs Joint President, The Sussex Historical Churches Trust

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