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Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet

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17: 458: 497: 124:, while moving to a liberal view on reform of Catholic disabilities, Chichester lobbied for advancement for Edward Chichester, and asked for himself a baronetcy, granted in the coronation honours in 1821. On 13 September 1821 he was created the 1st Baronet of 152:, brother of the Marquess of Downshire, and dropped out alleging bribery by Hill. He was brought in for Belfast on the Donegall interest, to 1832. He stood in Carrickfergus once more in 1832, as a reform Liberal, while at Belfast 329: 139:
content that the "gentlemanlike" Chichester, interested in local questions, should return to Carrickfergus. Over a decade his views on the Catholic question hardened once more, as he became classified as an
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from 1768 to 1791, and his wife Mary Anne Harvey, daughter of George Harvey of Malin Hall. The Rev. Edward Chichester, author and father of
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After the Union in 1801, the Carrickfergus constituency was not clearly controlled by any patron, though
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took his place in the Donegall interest. His views proving unpopular, he was kept out by the Tory
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was that Chichester and the Earl of Belfast swapped the Carrickfergus and Belfast seats, with the
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Sir Arthur Chichester died unmarried on 25 May 1847, with the baronetcy becoming extinct.
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had sat for it as a Tory from 1803 to 1807. In 1812 Arthur Chichester defeated the Whig
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
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In 1818, Arthur Chichester made way at Carrickfergus for the Marquess's son the
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in a close contest. He sought further patronage, but did not stand again.
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in 1791, aged 22, graduating B.A. in 1795. Having entered
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He was the son of the Rev. William Chichester LL.D. of
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Carrickfergus
Belfast
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Donegall
Catholic relief
Broughshane
Clonmany
William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill
Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall
Wadham College, Oxford
Lincoln's Inn
King's Inns
called to the Irish bar
Lord Spencer Chichester
George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall
James Craig
Ezekiel Davys Wilson
Earl of Belfast
Liverpool administration
Greencastle, County Donegal
1820 general election
Marquess of Downshire
Orangeman
1830 general election
Lord George Hill
Lord Arthur Chichester
Conway Richard Dobbs

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