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.
Major The Right Honourable The Lord Templemore | |
|---|---|
 Photograph Lord Templemore, 1911 | |
| High Sheriff of County Wexford | |
| In office 1890–1890 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Robert Westley Hall-Dare |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Henry Chichester 16 September 1854 |
| Died | 28 September 1924 (aged 70) |
| Spouse(s) |
Evelyn Stracey
(m. 1879; died 1883)Alice Elizabeth Dawkins
(m. 1885; died 1924) |
| Relations | Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Harry Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore Laura Caroline Jane Paget |
| Education | Eton College |
Early life
editChichester 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.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore and Lady Augusta Paget (a daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey).[2] 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.[3]
He was educated at Eton College,[1] and served as private secretary to R. A. Cross (later Viscount Cross) when he was Home Secretary from 1874 to 1880.[4]
Career
editHe was a Major in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, and served as High Sheriff of County Wexford in 1890.[1] The family seat was Dunbrody House near Arthurstown in the south-west of County Wexford. Arthurstown was named for The 1st Earl of Donegall.[5]
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
editOn 14 August 1879, Chichester married Evelyn Stracey, a daughter of the Rev. William James Stracey-Clitherow and Maria Diana (née Bourchier) Stracey. Before her death on 3 December 1883, they were the parents of:[1]
- Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore (1880–1953),[6] who married Hon. Clare Meriel Wingfield, daughter of Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Julia Coke (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester), in 1911.[1]
- Evelyn Laura Mary Chichester (1883–1883), who died in infancy.[1]
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 (née Robarts) Dawkins. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Hon. Sir Gerald Henry Crofton Chichester (1886–1939), the private secretary to Queen Mary between 1935 and 1939; he died unmarried.[7]
- Hon. Richard Cecil Frederick Chichester (1889–1915), who died unmarried in Serbia at age 26.[1]
Lord Templemore died on 28 September 1924.[4] His widow, the dowager Lady Templemore, died on 30 September 1954.[1]
Descendants
editThrough 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1913). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Canonteign to Cutts. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 596. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Asworth Peter (1913). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 1869. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "LORD TEMPLEMORE". The Daily Telegraph. 1 Oct 1924. p. 15. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Ó Conghaile, Pól (13 April 2014). "A touch of Downton in the Blue Book-listed Dunbrody House". The Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "LORD TEMPLEMORE, ROYAL AIDE, IS DEAD; Captain of King's Bodyguard From 1934 to 1945 Was Lord-in-Waiting to George V". The New York Times. 5 Oct 1953. p. 27. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "A DISTINGUISHED CHARLWOOD RESIDENT. SIR GERALD CHICHESTER'S NOTABLE CAREER". The Surrey Mirror and County Post. 13 Oct 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Marquess of Donegall, 71, London Columnist, Dead". The New York Times. 27 May 1975. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Dermot Richard Claud Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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