Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet
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Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet (c.1769–1847) was an Irish politician who represented Carrickfergus and Belfast in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the patronage of the Marquess of Donegall. In the years after 1816 he became a convert to the cause of Catholic relief.[1]
Life[edit]
He was the son of the Rev. William Chichester LL.D. of Broughshane, rector of Clonmany from 1768 to 1791,[2] and his wife Mary Anne Harvey, daughter of George Harvey of Malin Hall.[1][3] The Rev. Edward Chichester, author and father of William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill, was his younger half-brother.[4][5][6] They were descendants of John Chichester, second son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, whose eldest son was Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall.[7]
Arthur Chichester matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1791, aged 22, graduating B.A. in 1795.[8]
After the Union in 1801, the Carrickfergus constituency was not clearly controlled by any patron, though Lord Spencer Chichester, brother of George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall had sat for it as a Tory from 1803 to 1807. In 1812 Arthur Chichester defeated the Whig James Craig, with the Donegall interest that now was hostile to ministers, topped the poll of four candidates in the one-member constituency, in a close race with Ezekiel Davys Wilson.[9]
In 1818, Arthur Chichester made way at Carrickfergus for the Marquess's son the Earl of Belfast, being returned instead at Belfast, where the Marquess also had interest.[9][10] Now more clearly a supporter of the Liverpool administration, while moving to a liberal view on reform of Catholic disabilities, Chichester lobbied for advancement for Edward Chichester, and asked for himself a baronetcy, granted in the coronation honours in 1821.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c "Chichester, Arthur (?1769-1847), of Greencastle, co. Donegal, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Ulster Historical Foundation (1999). Clergy of Derry and Raphoe. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-901905-87-1.
- ^ "Malin Hall, Norrira, Malin, Donegal". Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. p. 124.
- ^ O'Hart, John (1878). Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. McGlashan & Gill. p. 288.
- ^ Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Netherton and Worth, For the author. p. 1245.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. Harrison. p. 1122.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "Carrickfergus 1790-1820, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "Belfast 1790-1820, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.