John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester


John Nicholas Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester, is a British nobleman.
Chichester was born posthumously on 14 April 1944 to Ursula, Countess of Chichester; his father, John Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester, had been killed in a road accident in February, while on active service with the Scots Guards, so he acceded to the earldom at birth. The Countess married Ralph Gunning Henderson in 1957, but they were divorced in 1971.
Chichester was educated at Stanbridge Earls School and in business as a farmer. In 1965, getting to the age of 21, he was able to take his seat in the House of Lords.
In 1975, Chichester married June Marijke Hall, the daughter of Group Captain Edward Wells. They have one daughter:
They live at Little Durnford Manor, in Wiltshire.

Succession

The title passes solely in the male line, so his heir presumptive is his second cousin once removed, Duncan James Bergengren Pelham, who is the great grandson of Henry George Godolphin Pelham, second son of the fifth Earl.