Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall

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Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall PC (Ire) (died 26 October 1678) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

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Early life

Chichester was the eldest son of Lady Mary Jones and Lieutenant Colonel John Chichester (1609–1647), of Dungannon, County Tyrone, who was MP for Dungannon and fought in the English Civil War. Among his siblings were younger brother, Hon. John Chichester, and Elizabeth Chichester (wife of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet). After his father's death, his mother married Col. Christopher Copley of Wadworth. [1]

His father was a younger brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, both sons of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester and Anne Coplestone (a daughter of John Coplestone). His maternal grandfather was Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh. [1]

Career

Stained glass, All Saints Church, Horsford, Norfolk, showing arms of Dacre Barrett, son of Richard Barrett and Anne Loftus. He married, firstly, Lady Jane Chichester, daughter of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall and Jane Itchingham. Arms of Lennard, Lord Dacre (Or, on a fess gules three fleurs-de-lys of the first) quartering Barrett, Lord Newburgh (Party per pale barry of four counterchanged argent and gules) impaling the arms of Chichester, Marquess of Donegall quartered with Echyngham (Azure, fretty argent). All Saints church - stained glass roundel - geograph.org.uk - 1546089.jpg
Stained glass, All Saints Church, Horsford, Norfolk, showing arms of Dacre Barrett, son of Richard Barrett and Anne Loftus. He married, firstly, Lady Jane Chichester, daughter of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall and Jane Itchingham. Arms of Lennard, Lord Dacre (Or, on a fess gules three fleurs-de-lys of the first) quartering Barrett, Lord Newburgh (Party per pale barry of four counterchanged argent and gules) impaling the arms of Chichester, Marquess of Donegall quartered with Echyngham (Azure, fretty argent).

He was knighted at Whitehall in 1660, and served in the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Dungannon (1661–1666). He was also made an Irish Privy Counsellor in 1672.

In 1675 Chichester succeeded his uncle as second Earl of Donegall, inheriting the title under the special remainder granted with it to the male heirs of his grandfather, Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester. He was Custos Rotulorum for County Antrim and Governor of Carrickfergus for twelve years before dying in Ireland in 1678. His wife survived him and remarried.

Personal life

Chichester married Jane Ichyngham, daughter of John Ichyngham of Dunbrody, County Wexford, a descendant of Sir Edward Echyngham (died 1527) of Barsham, Suffolk. [3] [4] [5]

Lord Donegall died on 26 October 1678 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Arthur. [1]

Descendants

Through his daughter Lady Jane, he was a grandfather of Richard Barrett (1682–1716), who married Anne Lennard, Baroness Dacre, parents of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre. [1]

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