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CHICHESTER 195 III. 1675. I. Charles FiTzRoYji/jy/fd' Earl OF South- ampton (being s. and h. ap. of Barbara, suo jure Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Southampton, ^ffc), was, on 10 Sep. 1675, "'■ BARON OF NEWBURY, co. Berks, EARL OF CHICHESTER (") and DUKE OF SOUTHAMPTON. By the death of his mother, 9 Oct. 1709, he became Duke of Cleveland, &c. He d. 9 Sep. 1730, aged 58. IV. 1730 2. William (FitzRoy), Duke of Cleve- to land, Duke of Southampton, Earl of South- 1774. AMPTON, Earl of Chichester, fsfc, ist s. and h. He d. s.p., 18 May 1774, aged 76, when all his honours became extinct. ON o O t- w <: 5- > en n n n o o c V. 1801. I. Thomas Pelham, s. and h. of Thomas P., of Stanmer, Sussex, sometime a merchant at Constantinople, by Annetta,da. of Thomas Bridges, also of Constantinople, which last named Thomas P. was 3rd s. (but the only s. that had issue) of Henry Pelham, Clerk of the Pells, yr. br. of Thomas, ist Baron Pelham of Laughton, who was father of Thomas (Pelham), ist Duke of Newcastle, the well- known statesman. He was b. 28 Feb. 1727/8; M.P. (Whig) for Rye, ^749"54>C') ^'^^ Sussex, 1754-68; Commissioner of Trade, 1754-61; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1761-62; Comptroller of the Household, 1765-74; P.C. 6 Sep. 1765. On 17 Nov. 1768, by the death, s.p., of his cousin, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, abovenamed, he became the head of his family, and sue, as such, to a Baronetcy {cr. 22 May 161 1), and as BARON PELHAM OF STANMER, co. Sussex, the said Duke having been so cr. 4 May 1762, with a spec. rem. (failing his issue male) to him. Surveyor Gen. of Customs of London, 1773-1805; Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent, 1774-75; Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, 1775- 82.('=) On 23 June 1 801, he was cr. EARL OF CHICHESTER. He m., 15 June 1754, at Mortlake, Surrey, Anne, da. and h. of Frederick Meinhart Frankland, by Elizabeth (widow of Adam Cardonnel), his ist wife, which Frederick was 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Bart. He d. 8 Jan. 1805, at Stanmer, and was bur. at Laughton, Sussex, in his 77th year. Will pr. Feb. i8o5.('^) His widow d. suddenly, 5 Mar. 18 13, at Mailing, Sussex, in her 79th year. Will pr. June 18 13. (^) The fact of an Earldom of Chichester having been previously held with an Earldom of Southampton, seems to have suggested their being again united. (^) As a peer he supported Lord North's administration and the Coalition Govt, of 1783, and acted with the Whigs from that time till 1794, after which date he supported Pitt, on whose recommendation he obtained his Earldom. V.G. (■=) He was the last holder of this office, which was abolished by Act of Pari, in 1782. V.G. {^) His character as given by Horace Walpole in 1 751, is, "Seems very good humoured, but he is nothing but complexion." G.E.C. In 1789 his chief seats are given as Stanmer, Halland, Bishopstone, and Ifield, in Sussex. V.G.