Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore
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Arthur Chichester | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for County Wexford | |
| 1st Baron Templemore | |
| In office 19 August 1830 – 27 September 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Carew and Viscount Stopford |
| Succeeded by | Robert Carew and Henry Lambert |
| Member of Parliament for Milborne Port | |
| In office 1826–1830 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Graves and Hon. Berkeley Paget |
| Succeeded by | George Byngand William Sturges Bourne |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 10 September 1831 – 26 September 1837 | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Templemore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1797 Westminster, London |
| Died | 26 September 1837 (aged 40) Coombe Bank, Kent |
| Spouse |
Lady Augusta Paget
(m. 1820; died 1837) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | Lord Spencer Chichester Lady Anne Harriet Stewart |
| Education | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore (8 January 1797 – 26 September 1837), was a British soldier, politician and courtier.
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
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]
