There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Chichester, one in the

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and two in the

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. Only the 1641 creation is extant.

Chichester baronets, of Raleigh (1641)

The Chichester Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 August 1641 for John Chichester (1623–1667).

1st Baronet

John Chichester (1623–1667) was MP for

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, Devon.

was a manor held by the Chichester family in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple. He was the son of Sir Robert Chichester, knight, (1579–1627) of Raleigh (whose monument with effigies exists in Pilton Church) by his second wife Ursula Hill. Sir Robert was the son of Sir John Chichester by his wife Ann Denys, daughter of Sir Robert Denys (d.1592), MP, of

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, Devon. Sir John was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Chichester (d.1569), knight, of Raleigh, whose elaborate monument (without effigy) exists in Pilton Church, who was also father of

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625; known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester), of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 160 ...

of Belfast (1563-1624/5), and of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), of

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, Devon, ancestor of the Marquesses of Donegall (see this title for more information on this branch of the family).

Succession

The first Baronet's eldest son, John Chichester, the second Baronet, died childless at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Arthur Chichester, the third Baronet. He too represented Barnstaple in the

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. On his death in 1718 the title passed to his son, John, the fourth Baronet. He too sat as MP for Barnstaple. His son, John, the fifth Baronet, and his son, John, the sixth Baronet, both served as

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(from 1753 to 1754 and from 1788 to 1789 respectively). The latter died unmarried in 1808 and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, Arthur, the seventh Baronet whose seat was

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, Shirwell, Devon. He was the grandson of Reverend William Chichester, younger son of the fourth Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Devon between 1816 and 1817. His son, Arthur, the eighth Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant and

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for Devon. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, the ninth Baronet. He was a

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, Naval Aide-de-Camp to

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of the Naval Establishment in

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. As of 2008 the title is held by his great-grandson (the baronetcy having descended from father to son), James, the twelfth Baronet, who succeeded in 2007. The aviator and world-circumnavigating sailor

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was the son of Reverend Charles Chichester, seventh son of the eighth Baronet. *

Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet (23 April 1623 – 4 November 1667) lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1667. Origins He was t ...

(23 April 1623 – 2 November 1667) *Sir John Chichester, 2nd Baronet (c. 1658-16 September 1680) (son) *

Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (c. 1662–1718), of Youlston Park, Devon was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1685 and 1718. Chichester was the second son of Sir John Chichester, ...

(c. 1662-3 February 1718) (brother) *

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(2 June 1689 – 2 September 1740) (son) * Sir John Chichester, 5th Baronet (26 March 1721 – 18 December 1784) (son) *

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(c. 1752-30 September 1808) (son) *

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(25 April 1790 – 30 May 1842) (cousin) *

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(4 October 1822 – 13 July 1898) (son) *Rear-Admiral

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(20 November 1849 – 17 September 1906) (son) *

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, most notably in the siege of Ladysmith. * Sir (Edward) John Chichester, 11th Baronet (14 April 1916 – 14 May 2007) (son). Son of Sir Edward George Chichester, 10th Baronet, by his wife Phyllis Dorothy Compton, educated at

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, Abingdon, and at the

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. He was a Lieutenant in the

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and a captain in the service of the

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and fought in the

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. After the war he was

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between 1947 and 1950 and worked for

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between 1950 and 1960. Chichester married the Hon. Anne Rachel Pearl, daughter of

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, and Alice Pearl Crake, on 23 September 1950. They had two sons and three daughters. He died in May 2007, aged 91, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, James. *Sir James Henry Edward Chichester, 12th Baronet (born 15 October 1951) (son) The

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is Edward John Chandos-Pole Chichester (born 1991)

Chichester baronets, of Green Castle (1821)

The Chichester Baronetcy, of Green Castle in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 September 1821 for Arthur Chichester, MP for Carrickfergus and Belfast. The title became extinct on his death in 1847. *Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet (died 1847)

Chichester baronets, of Arlington Court (1840)

The Chichester Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 September 1840 for John Chichester, of Arlington, Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1831–1840. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1881. His widow later married her late husband's distant cousin and neighbour, Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet of

, Shirwell, Devon. The 2nd baronet's unmarried daughter and heiress, Rosalie C. Chichester (d. 1949), bequeathed the Arlington family seat to the nation in 1949. * Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, 1st Baronet (died 10 December 1851) *Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester, 2nd Baronet (24 December 1842 – 25 January 1881)One of these baronets used the forename "Bruce", as in the name of his pack of hounds kept at Arlington "Sir Bruce Chuichester's Foxhounds" (Lethbridge, Richard, The Barnstaple Staghounds, Bideford, 2004, p. 187).

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *