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Templemore, Baron (UK, 1831)

Creation: let.pat. 10 Sep 1831

Family name: Chichester

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Chequy Or and Gules a Chief Vair (Chichester);  2nd and 3rd, Azure fretty Argent (Etchingham)

Crest:

A Stork proper with wings expanded holding in its beak an Eel Argent headed Or

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Wolf Gules ducally gorged and a Line reflexed over the back Or;  Sinister:  An Heraldic Tiger Sable ducally crowned Or

Motto:

Invitum Sequitur Honor (Honour follows, though unsought for)

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Arthur [Chichester], 1st Baron Templemore

1st son and heir of Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester, of Dunbrody Park, co. Wexford (by his wife Lady Harriet Stewart, 3rd dau. by his second wife of John [Stewart], 7th Earl of Galloway), 3rd son by his first wife of Arthur [Chichester], 1st Marquess of Donegall

born

8 Jun 1797

mar.

27 Jul 1820 Lady Augusta Paget (b. 26 Jan 1802; d. 6 Jun 1872), 4th dau. of Henry William [Paget], 1st Marquess of Anglesey, by his first wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, 3rd dau. of George Bussy [Villiers], 4th Earl of Jersey

children

1. Hon Henry Spencer Chichester, later 2nd Baron Templemore

2. Lt Gen Hon Augustus George Charles Chichester (b. 20 May 1822; dsp. 26 Jul 1896), mar. 26 Aug 1868 Jane Macdonald (widow of Maj H A Macdonald; d. 29 Aug 1929), dau. of William Townend

3. Hon Frederick Arthur Henry Chichester, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod (b. 22 Feb 1824; d. 18 May 1863), mar. 7 Aug 1852 Frances Marianne Tighe (d. 6 Jun 1912), 1st dau. of Daniel Tighe, of Rossana, co. Wicklow, and had issue

4. Hon Adolphus William Chichester (b. 24 May 1825; d. 26 Aug 1855)

5. Capt Hon Francis Algernon James Chichester (b. 17 Nov 1829; d. 15 Feb 1885), mar. (1) 21 Feb 1855 Elizabeth Ann Dixon (d. 24 Mar 1871), 2nd dau. of George Dixon, and (2) 4 Feb 1875 his second cousin Lady Emily Octavia Stewart (d. 7 Jul 1929), 5th dau. of Randolph [Stewart], 9th Earl of Galloway, and had issue by both wives

1. Hon Caroline Georgiana Chichester (d. 26 Apr 1892), mar. 27 Apr 1848 Sir Charles Lennox Peel GCB (d. 19 Aug 1899), son of Laurence Peel, of Kemp Town, Brighton, co. Sussex, and had issue

2. Hon Augusta Chichester (dspm. 1 Apr 1873), mar. (1) 18 Jul 1854 Robert Edward [King], 7th Earl of Kingston, and (2) 14 Nov 1872 as his first wife Alfred Henry Caulfield, of Cottesmore Hall, Oakham, co. Rutland (d. 14 Jul 1904), and had issue by her first husband

died

26 Sep 1837

created

10 Sep 1831 Baron Templemore, of Templemore in the County of Donegall

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Milborne Port 1826-30 and co. Wexford 1830-31; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1835-37; a Lord in Waiting 1837

Henry Spencer [Chichester], 2nd Baron Templemore

born

14 Jun 1821

mar. (1)

3 Aug 1842 his cousin Laura Caroline Jane Paget (b. 24 Oct 1816; d. 9 Dec 1871), 3rd dau. of Rt Hon Sir Arthur Paget GCB (by his wife Lady Augusta Parker, former wife of John [Parker], 1st Earl of Morley, and 2nd dau. by his first wife of John [Fane], 10th Earl of Westmorland), 3rd son of Henry [Bayley later Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge

children by first wife

1. Hon Arthur Henry Chichester, later 3rd Baron Templemore

1. Hon Flora Augusta Chichester (b. 7 Jul 1856; d. 5 Oct 1874)

mar. (2)

8 Jan 1873 Lady Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper (b. 23 Sep 1837; d. 15 Feb 1927), 1st dau. of Anthony [Ashley-Cooper], 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, by his wife Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper, 1st dau. of Peter Leopold Lewis Francis [Cowper], 5th Earl Cowper

only child by second wife

2. Hon Hilda Caroline Chichester, Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH Princess Beatrice 1912-44 (b. 17 Dec 1875; d. 19...), mar. 2 Dec 1913 Sir Victor George Seymour Corkran KCVO, Comptroller of the Household to HRH Princess Beatrice (d. 10 Mar 1934), and had issue

died

10 Jun 1906

suc. by

son by first wife

Arthur Henry [Chichester], 3rd Baron Templemore

born

16 Sep 1854

mar. (1)

14 Aug 1879 Evelyn Stracey-Clitherow (d. 3 Dec 1883), 3rd dau. of Rev William James Stracey later Stracey-Clitherow, Rector of Buxton with Oxnead, co. Norfolk, of Boston House, co. Middlesex (by his wife Maria Diana Bourchier, 1st dau. of Lieut Gen James Claud Bourchier, of Lavant House, Chichester, co. Sussex), 2nd son of John Stracey, of Sprowston Lodge, co. Norfolk (by his second wife Emma Elizabeth Clitherow, yst. dau. of Christopher Clitherow, of Bird's Place, co. Hertford), 5th son of Sir Edward Stracey, 1st Bt., of Rackheath Hall, co. Norfolk

children by first wife

1. Hon Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester, later 4th Baron Templemore

1. Hon Evelyn Laura Mary Chichester (b. 23 Nov 1883; dvp. 20 Dec 1883)

mar. (2)

15 Jul 1885 Alice Elizabeth Dawkins (d. 30 Sep 1954), 2nd dau. of Clinton George Augustus Dawkins, HM Consul-General at Venice, by his wife Marianne Jane Robarts, dau. of James Robarts

children by second wife

2. Hon Sir Gerald Henry Crofton Chichester KCVO, Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Mary 1926-35 and Private Secretary 1935-39, Groom-in-Waiting to King George V 1931-36 (b. 22 Jun 1886; d. 8 Oct 1939)

3. Hon Richard Cecil Frederick Chichester (b. 4 Apr 1889; d. 31 Jul 1915)

died

28 Sep 1924

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Sheriff of co. Wexford 1890

Arthur Claud Spencer [Chichester], 4th Baron Templemore, KCVO DSO OBE PC

born

12 Sep 1880

mar.

10 Jan 1911 Hon Clare Meriel Wingfield (b. 5 Jun 1886; d. 23 Jul 1969), 2nd dau. of Mervyn [Wingfield], 7th Viscount Powerscourt, by his wife Lady Julia Coke, 1st dau. by his first wife of Thomas William [Coke], 2nd Earl of Leicester

children:

1. Maj Hon Arthur Patrick Spencer Chichester (b. 23 Mar 1914; d. Dec 1942)

2. Hon Dermot Richard Claud Chichester, later 5th Baron Templemore later 7th Marquess of Donegall

3. Maj Lord Desmond CliveChichester MC, of Preston Hill, Hitchin, co. Hertford, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Marquess by Royal Warrant 1977, ADC to Governor-General ofCanada 1948-50 (b. 27 Jan 1920; d. 7 Oct 2000), mar. (1) 7 Mar 1946 Lorna Althea Twining (widow of (1) P/O Geoffrey Christopher Appleby Holt and (2) Capt Richard Cecil Twining; d. 9 Apr 1948), dau. of Capt Montagu Hamer Ravenhill, and (2) 12 Apr 1951 Felicity Stella Harrison (d. 15 Jul 2003), 6th dau. of Lt Col John Fenwick Harrison, of King's Walden Bury, Hitchin, co. Hertford, by his wife Hon Margaret Olive Edith Levy-Lawson, 1st dau. of William Arnold Webster [Levy later Levy-Lawson], 3rd Baron Burnham, and had issue by both wives

died

2 Oct 1953

suc. by

son

note

DSO 1918; CBE 1919; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War 1927-28 and to the Paymaster-General 1928-29; a Lord in Waiting 1929 and 1931-34; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1934-45; KCVO 1938; Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1940-45; Privy Councillor 1943

Dermot Richard Claud [Chichester], 5th Baron Templemore later 7th Marquess of Donegall, LVO

note

suc. his third cousin twice removed, Edward Arthur Donald St George Hamilton [Chichester], 6th Marquess of Donegall, 24 May 1975 as 7th Marquess of Donegall

The Barony of Templemore has been held by the Marquesses of Donegall since 24 May 1975

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