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Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall

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Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall (11 June 1799 – 20 January 1889), was a clergyman who late in life became an Irish peer. From 1831 until October 1883, he was known as The Very Rev. Lord Edward Chichester. He was the son of The 2nd Marquess of Donegall.

Born in Great Cumberland Place, Westminster, Chichester was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), where he graduated BA in 1822.[1]

As a younger son, he became a minister of the Church of Ireland and served as Dean of Raphoe from 1831 to 1871. In 1853, his older brother's only surviving son, Frederick Richard Chichester, Earl of Belfast (1827–1853), died unmarried in Naples, leaving Lord Edward as the heir presumptive to the marquessate.[2] In October 1883, at the age of 84, he finally succeeded his 86-year-old elder brother and became The 4th Marquess of Donegall. He died six years later in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

On 21 September 1821, he married Amelia Spread Deane O'Grady, the third daughter of Henry Deane O'Grady by his marriage to Dorcas Spread. They had five children:[2]

A large part of the Donegall estates was not entailed and in 1883 were inherited by the 3rd Marquess's only surviving child, Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina, the wife of The 8th Earl of Shaftesbury.

References

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  1. ^ Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p149: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Volume 30 (1868), p. 342
  3. ^ "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes" (1903)
  4. ^ The Troubles and a PM's act of despair. 25 May 2002. The Sydney Morning Herald. accessed 22 February 2018
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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Marquess of Donegall
1883–1889
Succeeded by