Lord Spencer Chichester

Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester, known as The Honourable Spencer Chichester from 1775 to 1791, was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Early life

Chichester was born on 20 April 1775. He was the third son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall, and Lady Anne Hamilton. His elder brothers were George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall, and the Hon. Arthur Chichester, who died young. His father served as MP for Malmesbury from 1768 to 1774 before being elevated as 1st Marquess of Donegall in 1791.
His paternal grandparents were Hon. John Chichester and Elizabeth Newdigate. His maternal grandparents were James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, and his third wife, Anne Spencer.

Career

He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast in the Irish House of Commons between 1797 and 1798. He then represented Carrickfergus in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Tory between 1802 and his resignation from the Commons in 1807.

Personal life

On 8 August 1795, Chichester married Lady Anne Harriet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and Anne Dashwood. Together, they were the parents of two sons and three daughters, including:

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore, MP for Milborne Port and County Wexford who married Lady Augusta Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, in 1820.
Elizabeth Chichester, who married William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon, MP for Northampton, in 1822.
George Augustus Frederick Chichester, a Reverend who died unmarried.

Lord Spencer died at Paris on 22 February 1819. His eldest son, Arthur, was raised to the peerage as Baron Templemore on the occasion of the coronation of William IV in 1831. His widow died on 30 January 1850.