Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Templemore
Office:Member of Parliament for County Wexford
Term Start:1830
Term End:1831
Predecessor:Robert Carew
Viscount Stopford
Alongside:Viscount Valentia, Henry Lambert
Successor:Robert Carew
Henry Lambert
Office1:Member of Parliament for Milborne Port
Term Start1:1826
Term End1:1830
Predecessor1:Thomas Graves
Hon. Berkeley Paget
Alongside1:Thomas Graves, John Henry North
Successor1:George Byng
William Sturges Bourne
Birth Name:Arthur Chichester
Birth Date:8 January 1797
Birth Place:Westminster, London
Death Place:Coombe Bank, Kent
Nationality:Anglo-Irish
Education:Brasenose College, Oxford
Parents:Lord Spencer Chichester
Lady Anne Harriet Stewart
Children:7

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore (8 January 1797 – 26 September 1837) was a British soldier, politician and courtier.

Early life

Chichester was born in Westminster, London,[1] the eldest, and only surviving, son of Lord Spencer Chichester of Dunbrody Park (himself the third son of the 1st Marquess of Donegall) and Lady Anne Harriet Stewart (a daughter of the 7th Earl of Galloway).[2]

He was educated in England at Harrow School from 1808 to 1813 before matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1815.

Career

He entered the British Army, serving with the 2nd Life Guards and eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1827.[2]

In 1826 Chichester was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, a seat he held for four years before becoming representative for County Wexford in 1830.

The following year, on the occasion of the coronation of William IV, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Templemore, of Templemore in the County of Donegal ("Templemore" refers to the civil parish in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland).[3] He was also made a Gentleman of the Bedchamber in 1835, and in 1837 succeeded this appointment as a Lord in Waiting.[2]

Personal life

On 27 July 1820, Chichester married Lady Augusta Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers. Together, they had five sons and two daughters, including:[2]

Lord Templemore died after a short illness on 26 September 1837, aged 40, at his home of Coombe Bank, Kent, and was buried at nearby Sundridge. His wife outlived him by thirty-five years, dying in 1872.

Notes and References

  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 76.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1160.
  3. Web site: Jenkins . Terry . CHICHESTER, Arthur II (1797-1837), of Dunbrody Park, Arthurstown, co. Wexford and 38 Portman Square, Mdx. . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . . 9 April 2024.
  4. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 301.