Robert Chichester
Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester DL, JP (13 August 1873 – 10 December 1921) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the son of Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester (18 December 1836 – 5 March 1901; a son of the 4th Marquess of Donegall) and Mary (née Dawson; died 1924).
Robert Chichester married Dehra Kerr-Fisher, later member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Londonderry and South Londonderry. They had a son and a daughter; their son predeceased them:
- Robert James Spencer Chichester (1902–1920)
- Marion Caroline Dehra Chichester (1904–1976); her children included Prime Minister of Northern Ireland James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola and Sir Robin Chichester-Clark
Career
Lt.-Col. Robert Chichester gained the rank of Major in the service of the Irish Guards and served in the British Central Africa Campaign (1897–1900), later gaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Royal Irish Rifles. He fought in the Boer War. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Londonderry for 1907 and was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim for 1911.[1]
He was Justice of the Peace (JP) for Counties Donegal, Antrim and Londonderry. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Counties Donegal, Antrim and Londonderry. He lived at Moyola Park, Castledawson, County Londonderry. He was briefly a Member of Parliament at Westminster for South Londonderry: his son-in-law, wife and a grandson were later members for South Londonderry in the Northern Ireland parliament and another grandson for Londonderry at Westminster. [citation needed]
See also
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Denis Stanislaus Henry |
Member of Parliament for South Londonderry 1921-1922 |
Succeeded by William Hacket Pain |
References
- ↑ Burke, Sir Bernhard (1912). Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons.