Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore

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

The Lord Templemore
Member of Parliament for County Wexford
In office
1830–1831
Preceded byRobert Carew
Viscount Stopford
Succeeded byRobert Carew
Henry Lambert
Member of Parliament for Milborne Port
In office
1826–1830
Preceded byThomas Graves
Hon. Berkeley Paget
Succeeded byGeorge Byng
William Sturges Bourne
Personal details
Born
Arthur Chichester

(1797-01-08)8 January 1797
Westminster, London
Died26 September 1837(1837-09-26) (aged 40)
Coombe Bank, Kent
NationalityAnglo-Irish
Spouse
Lady Augusta Paget
(m. 1820; died 1837)
Children7
Parent(s)Lord Spencer Chichester
Lady Anne Harriet Stewart
EducationBrasenose College, Oxford

Early life

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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.[3]

Career

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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[4] before becoming representative for County Wexford in 1830.[5]

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

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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.

References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. ^ a b Jenkins, Terry. "CHICHESTER, Arthur II (1797-1837), of Dunbrody Park, Arthurstown, co. Wexford and 38 Portman Square, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  6. ^ 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.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Milborne Port
1826–1830
With: Thomas Graves 1826–1827
John Henry North 1827–1830
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Wexford
1830–1831
With: Viscount Valentia
Henry Lambert
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Templemore
1831–1837
Succeeded by