Chichester Baronets

There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Chichester, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Chichester Baronetcy, of Raleigh in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 August 1641 for John Chichester, Member of Parliament for Barnstaple. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir John Chichester, father of Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, and Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, ancestor of the Marquesses of Donegall (see this title for more information on this branch of the family). The first Baronet's eldest son, John, the second Baronet, died childless at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Arthur, the third Baronet. He also represented Barnstaple in the House of Commons. On his death in 1718 the title passed to his son, John, the fourth Baronet. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple. His son, John, the fifth Baronet, and grandson, John, the sixth Baronet, both served as High Sheriff of Devon (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 Youlston Park, 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 Justice of the Peace for Devon. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, the ninth Baronet. He was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII and Admiral Superintendent of the Naval Establishment in Gibraltar. 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 sailor Sir Francis Chichester was the son of Reverend Charles Chichester, seventh son of the eighth Baronet.

The Chichester Baronetcy, of Green Castle in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 September 1821 for Arthur Chichester. The title became extinct on his death in 1847.

The Chichester Baronetcy, of Arlington Court 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 Youlston Park, Shirwell, Devon. Her unmarried daughter and heiress bequeathed the Arlington family seat to the nation in 1949.

Chichester Baronets, of Raleigh (1641)

• Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet (23 April 1623-2 November 1667)
• Sir John Chichester, 2nd Baronet (c. 1658-16 September 1680)
• Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (c. 1662-3 February 1718)
• Sir John Chichester, 4th Baronet (2 June 1689-2 September 1740)
• Sir John Chichester, 5th Baronet (26 March 1721-18 December 1784)
• Sir John Chichester, 6th Baronet (c. 1752-30 September 1808)
• Sir Arthur Chichester, 7th Baronet (25 April 1790-30 May 1842)
• Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet (4 October 1822-13 July 1898)
• Sir Edward Chichester, 9th Baronet (20 November 1849-17 September 1906)
• Sir Edward George Chichester, 10th Baronet (22 January 1888-26 September 1940)
• Sir (Edward) John Chichester, 11th Baronet (14 April 1916-14 May 2007). Chichester was the son of Sir Edward George Chichester, 10th Baronet, by his wife Phyllis Dorothy Compton, and was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and a Captain in the service of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and fought in the Second World War. After the war he was King's Messenger between 1947 and 1950 and worked for Imperial Chemical Industries between 1950 and 1960. Chichester married the Hon. Anne Rachel Pearl, daughter of John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, 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 (b. 15 October 1951)

The heir apparent is Edward John Chandos-Pole Chichester (b. 1991)

Chichester Baronets, of Green Castle (1821)

• Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet (d. 1847)

Chichester Baronets, of Arlington Court (1840)

• Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, 1st Baronet (d. 10 December 1851)
• Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester, 2nd Baronet (24 December 1842-25 January 1881)

See also

• Marquess of Donegall

References

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• www.thepeerage.com