Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (* around 1662, † February 3, 1718 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

origin

Arthur Chichester came from a branch of the family Chichester , an old family of the gentry of Devon . He was the second son of Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet and his second wife, Mary Colley . After the death of his father in 1667 and the early childless death of his older brother Sir John Chichester, 2nd Baronet in September 1680, he inherited the title of Baronet , of Raleigh in the County of Devon, and his father's estates.

Political activity

Chichester became Freeman of Barnstaple in 1684 . In the general election of 1685 he ran successfully in Barnstaple, but during the reign of King James II he was hardly active in the House of Commons . In 1686 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of recorder from Barnstaple. Despite this defeat, he was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1689 , and was re-elected MP for Barnstaple in the general election in early 1689 after the Glorious Revolution . Whether he as Tory in the so-called Convention Parliament of the succession to the throne of Wilhelm III. and from whose wife Maria agreed, is unclear. He was apparently no longer active in parliament, did not belong to any committee and did not give any traditional speeches, instead he was allowed on March 19, 1689 to retire to his country house. He presumably did not stand for the next election. In 1690 he sold the old Raleigh family home near Barnstaple and instead moved to Youlston Park , a mansion about three miles from Barnstaple, where he had major extensions and conversions done and probably also began building the park. As an opponent of the government, he was replaced as justice of the peace in 1696. In 1700 he was reappointed Justice of the Peace and in 1703 Deputy Lieutenant for Devon. After the Whig government was overthrown in 1710 , Chichester ran again successfully as the Tories candidate for Barnstaple in the 1713 general election. In the general election in 1715 he was re-elected. However, since the Whigs under Robert Walpole were in power in the meantime, it had little political significance. He did not take part in the vote on the extension of the interval between two lower house elections from three to seven years in 1716.

Family and offspring

Chichester had married Elizabeth Drewe, daughter of Thomas Drewe of Broadhembury Grange, on April 15, 1684. His wife became a part of her father's heir. With her he had four sons and six daughters, including:

He was buried in Pilton near Barnstaple, his eldest son Sir John Chichester.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir John Chichester, 2nd Bt. On thepeerage.com , accessed June 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Baronetage: CHICHESTER of Raleigh, Devon at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  3. ^ History of Parliament online: CHICHESTER, Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (C.1662-1718), of Youlston, Devon. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ History of Parliament online: CHICHESTER, Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (C.1662-1718), of Youlston, Devon. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Historic England: Youlston Park. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
predecessor title successor
John Chichester Baronet, of Raleigh
1680-1718 		John Chichester
personal data
SURNAME Chichester, Arthur, 3rd Baronet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chichester, Sir Arthur, 3rd Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH around 1662
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1718