Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall (13 June 1739 – 5 January 1799), known as Arthur Chichester until 1757 and as The Earl of Donegall between 1757 and 1791, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
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He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford before succeeding his uncle in 1757 as fifth Earl of Donegall.
After taking his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1765, Donegall served at Westminster as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (1768–1774). 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. On 11 September 1761, he married Lady Anne Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton. By her he had one son:
In October 1790 he married for the third time with Barbara, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Luke Godfrey.[1]
Lord Donegall died aged 59 at his London home in St James's Square, Westminster.
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| Preceded by Thomas Conolly The Earl Tylney |
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury with Thomas Howard 1768–1774 |
Succeeded by Charles Fox William Strahan |
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| Preceded by Arthur Chichester |
Earl of Donegall 1757–1799 |
Succeeded by George Chichester |
| New title | Marquess of Donegall 1791–1799 |
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| Baron Fisherwick 1790–1799 |
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