The title of Earl of Sussex has been created several times in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The early Earls of Arundel (up to 1243), were often also called Earls of Sussex, but they will not be listed on this page. See also Duke of Sussex.
Earls of Sussex, First Creation (1282)
- John de Warenne, 1st Earl of Sussex (1231-1305)
- John de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1286-1347)
Earls of Sussex, Second Creation (1529)
Subsidiary title, Viscount Fitzwalter (1525)
- Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex (1483-1542)
- Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1507-1557)
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1525-1583)
- Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex (1532-1593)
- Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1573-1629)
- Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (1559-1643)
Earls of Sussex, Third Creation (1644)
- Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex (1590-1659)
- James Savile, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1647-1671)
Earls of Sussex, Fourth Creation (1674)
- Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex (d.1715)
Earls of Sussex, Peerage of Great Britain (1717)
- Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex (1690-1731
- George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727-1758)
- Henry Yelverton, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728-1799)
Earls of Sussex, Peerage of the United Kingdom (1874)