Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baron Templemore explained

Honorific Prefix:Major The Right Honourable
The Lord Templemore
Honorific Suffix:JP DL
Office:High Sheriff of County Wexford
Term Start:1890
Term End:1890
Predecessor:Sir Frederick Hughes
Successor:Robert Westley Hall-Dare
Birth Name:Arthur Henry Chichester
Education:Eton College
Parents:Harry Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore
Laura Caroline Jane Paget
Spouse:
Children:4
Relations:Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall

Arthur Henry Chichester, 3rd Baron Templemore JP DL (16 September 1854 – 28 September 1924), styled The Honourable Arthur Chichester between 1854 and 1906, was an Anglo-Irish peer.

Early life

Chichester was born on 16 September 1854. He was the son of Harry Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore and, his first wife, Laura Caroline Jane Paget. After his mother's death in December 1871, his father married Lady Victoria Ashley-Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Emily Cowper (a daughter of 5th Earl Cowper), in 1873. From his father's second marriage, he had a younger half-sister, Hon. Hilda Caroline Chichester, who married Sir Victor George Corkran.

His paternal grandparents were Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore and Lady Augusta Paget (a daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey).[1] His maternal grandparents were Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Augusta Fane (a daughter of 10th Earl of Westmorland). His mother Laura was the first cousin of his paternal grandmother Lady Augusta.

He was educated at Eton College, and served as private secretary to R. A. Cross (later Viscount Cross) when he was Home Secretary from 1874 to 1880.

Career

He was a Major in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, and served as High Sheriff of County Wexford in 1890. The family seat was Dunbrody House near Arthurstown in the south-west of County Wexford. Arthurstown was named for The 1st Earl of Donegall.[2]

Upon the death of his father on 10 June 1906, he succeeded as the 3rd Baron Templemore, of Templemore in County Donegal in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of County Wexford.[3]

Personal life

On 14 August 1879, Chichester married Evelyn Stracey, a daughter of the Rev. William James Stracey-Clitherow and Maria Diana (Bourchier) Stracey. Before her death on 3 December 1883, they were the parents of:

On 15 July 1885, Chichester married Alice Elizabeth Dawkins, a daughter of Clinton George Augustus Dawkins, Consul-General to Vienna (and brother to Henry Dawkins of Over Norton Park), and Marianne Jane (Robarts) Dawkins. Together, they were the parents of:

Lord Templemore died on 28 September 1924.[6] His widow, the dowager Lady Templemore, died on 30 September 1954.[7]

Descendants

Through his son Arthur, he was a grandfather of Dermot Chichester (1916–2007), who became the 5th Baron Templemore in 1953, and the 7th Marquess of Donegall (in the Peerage of Ireland) in 1975 upon the death of his distant cousin, Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall[8] (being the descendant of the 1st Baron Templemore, son of Lord Spencer Chichester and grandson of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall).[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cokayne . George Edward . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Canonteign to Cutts . 1913 . St. Catherine Press, Limited . 596 . 9 April 2024 . en.
  2. News: Ó Conghaile. Pól. A touch of Downton in the Blue Book-listed Dunbrody House. 22 December 2015. The Irish Examiner. 13 April 2014.
  3. Book: Burke . Sir Bernard . Burke . Asworth Peter . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage . 1913 . Harrison & Sons . London . 1869 . 9 April 2024 . en.
  4. News: LORD TEMPLEMORE, ROYAL AIDE, IS DEAD; Captain of King's Bodyguard From 1934 to 1945 Was Lord-in-Waiting to George V . 9 April 2024 . . 5 Oct 1953 . 27.
  5. News: A DISTINGUISHED CHARLWOOD RESIDENT. SIR GERALD CHICHESTER'S NOTABLE CAREER . 9 April 2024 . . 13 Oct 1939 . 10 . en.
  6. News: LORD TEMPLEMORE . 9 April 2024 . . 1 Oct 1924 . 15 . en.
  7. 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.
  8. News: Marquess of Donegall, 71, London Columnist, Dead . 9 April 2024 . . 27 May 1975.
  9. Web site: Dermot Richard Claud Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall . www.npg.org.uk . . 9 April 2024 . en.