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CHICHESTER. 241 July 1801, Mary Henrietta Juliana, da. of Francis Godolphin (Osborne), 5th Duke op Leeds, by liis 1st wife Amelia, suojurc Baroness Conters. He d, 4 July 1826, aged 70.( n ) Will pr. Oct. 1826. His widow, who was 6. in Grosvenor Sq., Midx., 7 Sep. 1776, d. in Grosvenor Place, Midx., 21 Oct. 1862, aged 86. VII. 1826. 3. Henry Thomas (Pelham), Earl op Chichester, &c, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 25 Aug. 1804, in Stratton Street, Piccadilly, Midx. Ed. at Westm. School and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge. Was an officer in the Royal Horse Guards, 1821-44 ; Major in the Army, 1841. Was an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 1841 ; Chief Commissioner for Eccles. estates, 1850-78 ; Lord-Lieut, of Sussex, 1860-86. He m. 18 Aug. 1828, at St. Mary's, Bryanston Sq., Marylebone, Mary, 5th da. of Robert (Brudenell), 6th Earl of Cardigan, by Penelope Anne, da. of George John Cookk. She, who was b. 4 July 1806, d. 22 May 1867. He d, 16 March 1886, at Stanmer Park, in his 82nd year.( b ) VIII. 1SSG. J/. Walter John (Pelham), Earl op Chichester [1S01], and Baron Pelham op Stanmer [1762], also a Baronet [1611], s. and h. 6. 22 Sep. 1838, at Stanmer ; ed. at Harrow School and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; M.A. 1859. M.P. for Lewes, 1865-74. He m. 18 June 1861, at St., Geo. Han. Sq., Elizabeth Mary, only da. and h. of the Hon. Sir John Duncan Buqh, K.C.B., by his 1st wife Elizabeth Mary, da. of Thomas Gisborne, which Sir John was 2nd s. of John, 4th Earl of Darnley [I]. She was b. 22 March 1837. Family Estate.— These, in 1883, consisted of 16,232 acres in Sussex, worth £13,650 a year. Principal Residence. — Stanmer Park, near Lewes, Sussex. CHICHESTER OF BELFAST AND CHICHESTER OF CARRICKFERGUS. Barony [L] Arthur Chichester, 2nd s. of John C. of Raleigh T 1 n o in Pilton, co. Devon, by Gertrude, da. of Sir William Codrtenay of lulo, Powderham in that CO., was b. at Raleigh, May 1563 ; mat. at Oxford tn (Ex. Coll.), 15 March 1583, being then aged 19, was Captain of one of 1G24. the ships against the "Armada," in 1588; had a company in the expedition to Cadiz in 1596, where he was Knighted, and having previously, when young, served in Ireland, was in 1599 sent in command of troops to Carrickfergus where he was of great assistance against the rebels, being appointed Governor thereof in 1600, and P.O. [I.] in 1603. On 1 Feb. 1603/4 he was appointed Lord Depdty [I.], being on 23 Feb. 1612/3, a: BARON CHICHESTER OF BELFAST, ( c ) co. Antrim, [I.] His high office was terminated 29 Nov. 1615, accompanied by a Royal declaration that " you may rest assured that you do leave that place with our very good grace and acceptation of your services." He appears to have been a successful Governor for above 11 years, though not sufficiently zealous, in enforcing the penal laws against the Roman Catholics, to please the Court. On 13 July 1616 he was made Lord High Treasurer [I.] On 2 May 1622 he wbb on an Embassy to the Palatinate, returning in Oct. P.C. [E.] Dec. 1622. He to. before 1606, Lajtitia, widow of Vaughan Blackham, da. of Sir John Perrott, sometime (1584-88) Lord Deputy of Ireland. She d. 27 Nov. 1620. He d. in London, B.p.m.s., 19 Feb. 4 l 624/5, when his Peerage became Extinct. He was bur. in St. Nicholas church ( a ) " As Commander of the SuBsex Militia, Lieut.-Col. Pelham, by the urbanity of his manners, and his strict attention to the duties and discipline of the Regiment, attracted and retained the regard of the leading families of the County." See "Ann. Reg.," for 1826. (°) See p. 246, note "b," as to his religious character. ( c ) He was the first Baron and the third person advanced to the Irish Peerage by James L The preamble of his creation is given in " Lodge," Vol. i, p. 323. Sir Bory O'Donell had, previously, been cr. (in 1603), Earl oi Tyiconnel, and Sir Theobald Butler, (also in 1603), Viscount Butler of TuUeophelim. B