Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (born May 1563 in Devon (England) , † February 19, 1625 in London ) was an English politician and seafarer who was instrumental in founding the Plantations in Ireland .
Life
The eldest son of Sir John Chichester (1519 / 20-1569), who was sheriff of Devon in 1557, studied at Exeter College in Oxford and commanded HMS Larke against the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1595 he accompanied Sir Francis Drake on his expedition to America. He was involved in the conquest of Cadiz in 1596 during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) and was knighted for it. After the death of his brother John at the Battle of Carrickfergus in November 1597, Arthur Chichester was appointed governor of Carrickfergus. From 1605 to 1616 he was Lord Deputy of Ireland and promoted the establishment of the Plantations of English, Welsh and Scottish immigrants. His actions caused the flight of the counts ( Irish Imeacht na nIarlaí or Teitheadh na nIarlaí ) 1607, in which the Earls Hugh O'Neill (2nd Earl of Tyrone ) and Rory O'Donnell (1st Earl of Tyrconnell ) together with some of them Relatives left the island of Ireland to avoid the threat of detention. Arthur Chichester was also instrumental in founding and expanding Belfast , now the capital of Northern Ireland. On February 23, 1613 he was raised in the Peerage of Ireland to Baron Chichester , of Belfast in the County of Antrim . Arthur Chichester died in London in 1625.
From his marriage to Lettice, widow of Walter Vaughan of St. Brides and Roland Lacharn of Golden Grove, daughter of Sir John Perrot , he had a son, Arthur Chichester, who died in 1606, the year of his birth. In the absence of descendants, his baron title expired on his death, but was re-awarded on April 1, 1625 for his younger brother Edward Chichester .
Publications
- Arthur Chichester: The Radical Cure for Ireland. A Letter to the People of England and Scotland Concerning a New Plantation.
literature
- Northern Ireland past and present . Northern Ireland - Past and Present. In: Jürgen Elvert (Ed.): HMRG - Supplements . tape 9 . Franz Steiner Verlag , Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-515-06102-5 , chapter: John McCavitt : An Irish Trilogy. (English), p. 27–41 ( book from Steiner-Verlag [accessed March 19, 2015] 573 pages).
- Nicholas Canny : Making Ireland British, 1580-1650 . New edition. Oxford University Press , Oxford 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-925905-2 (654 pages, paperback; English).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ronald John McNeill: Chichester of Belfast, Arthur Chichester, Baron . In: Encyclopædia Britannica , 1911, volume 6, pages 128–129.
- ↑ Arthur Chichester, 1st and last Baron Chichester of Belfast on thepeerage.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chichester, Arthur 1st Baron Chichester |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chichester of Belfast, Arthur Chichester 1st Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English navigator and administrator in Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1563 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Devon (England) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1625 |
| Place of death | London |