The Earl of Chichester | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
In office 14 April 1944 –11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 8th Earl of Chichester |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
Personal details | |
Born | John Nicholas Pelham 14 April 1944 |
Political party | Conservative |
John Nicholas Pelham,9th Earl of Chichester (born 14 April 1944),is a British nobleman.
Chichester was born posthumously on 14 April 1944 to Ursula,Countess of Chichester; [1] his father,John Pelham,8th Earl of Chichester,had been killed in a road accident in February,while on active service with the Scots Guards,so he acceded to the earldom at birth. The Countess married Ralph Gunning Henderson in 1957,but they were divorced in 1971. [1]
Chichester was educated at Stanbridge Earls School and in business as a farmer. [2]
In 1975,Chichester married June Marijke Hall (née Wells),the daughter of Group Captain Edward Wells. They have one daughter: [1]
They live at Little Durnford Manor,in Wiltshire. [1]
The title passes solely in the male line,so his heir presumptive is his second cousin once removed,Duncan James Bergengren Pelham (born 1987),who is the great grandson of Henry George Godolphin Pelham,second son of the fifth Earl.
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