Background
Chichester was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of Lord Spencer Chichester, second son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall. His mother was Lady Anne Harriet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway.
Chichester was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of Lord Spencer Chichester, second son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall. His mother was Lady Anne Harriet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway.
Brasenose College.
The following year, on the occasion of the coronation of William IV, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Templemore, of Templemore in the County of Donegal ("Templemore" refers to the civil parish in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland). He was also made a Gentleman of the Bedchamber in 1835, and in 1837 succeeded this appointment as a Lord in Waiting. Lord Templemore married Lady Augusta Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, in 1820.
He died after a short illness aged 40 at his home of Coombe Bank, Kent, and was buried at nearby Sundridge.
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In 1826 Chichester was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Milborne Portuguese, a seat he held for four years before becoming representative for County Wexford in 1830.
