Education
He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford before succeeding his uncle in 1757 as fifth Earl of Donegall.
He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford before succeeding his uncle in 1757 as fifth Earl of Donegall.
As a means of securing his support for the Government in the Irish House of Commons, he was in 1790 created Baron Fisherwick, of Fisherwick in the County of Stafford, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The following year he was also created Marquess of Donegall and Earl of Belfast in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Donegall married three times.
They had seven children:
George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall (1769–1844)
Honorary
Arthur Chichester (3 May 1771 – 11 September 1788)
Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester (1775–1819)
Lady Elizabeth Juliana Chichester (d 24 April 1787)
Lady Charlotte Anne Chichester, died an infant
Lady Henrietta Chichester, died an infant
Lady Amelia Chichester, died an infant
Lord Donegall died, aged 59, at his London home in Street James"s Square, Westminster.
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After taking his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1765, Donegall served at Westminster as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (1768–1774).
