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There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Chichester, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only the 1641 creation is extant as of 2025. Chichester baronets of Raleigh (1641) Chichester baronets of Green Castle (1821): see Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet
The Chichester family are an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family headed by the Marquess of Donegall. The Barons O'Neill , Barons Rathcavan and Barons Templemore are members of a junior branch of the family.
Escutcheon of the Chichester baronets of Arlington Court [1]. The Chichester baronetcy, of Arlington Court in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 September 1840 for John Chichester, of Arlington, Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1831–1840.
Raleigh was a manor held by the Chichester family in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple.. Location of historic Chichester family manors: Raleigh in the parish of Pilton; Youlston in the parish of Shirwell; Arlington; Hall in the parish of Bishops Tawton (also Pill, Bishop's Tawton); Eggesford House, Eggesford 2Arms of Chichester impaling de Raleigh, painted on stone escutcheon in strapwork ...
Arthur Chichester was the second son of Sir John Chichester [2] (d.1569), of Raleigh, Pilton, in North Devon, a leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550–1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1559.
Rosalie Chichester with her dog Memory, c.1885, from a family album at Arlington Court. NT Arlington Court Collection no. 48341. Rosalie Caroline Chichester (1865-1949) was a strong-willed woman and a talented artist with a particular love of flora and fauna.
Several other members of the Chichester family have also gained distinction. John Chichester, grandson of Sir John Chichester, brother of the first Baron Chichester and the first Viscount Chichester, was created a baronet in 1641 (see Chichester baronets). [11]
The eldest son of Reverend Edward Chichester, he was a member of the prominent Irish Chichester family headed by the Marquess of Donegall.He was the great-great-great-grandson of John Chichester, grandson of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, and younger brother of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall.