Constituency Dates
Barnstaple 1734 – 2 Sept. 1740
Family and Education
bap. 2 Jan. 1689, 1st s. of Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Bt.. m. (1) c.1718, Anne (d. July 1723), da. of John Leigh of Newport, I.o.W., 2s. 5da.; (2) 1733, Frances, da. of Andrew Quicke of Newton St. Cyres, Devon, wid. of Francis Hall of Sandford, Crediton, Devon, s.p. suc. fa. 3 Feb. 1718.
Address
Main residence: Youlston, nr. Barnstaple, Devon.
biography text

Included in the list of Jacobites sent to the Pretender in 1721,1Stuart mss. 65/16. Chichester was in touch with Atterbury’s agents during the plot of 1722.2Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer and others (1723), App. F. 11. Returned for Barnstaple unopposed, he voted against the Spanish convention but was absent for the division on the place bill. He died 2 Sept. 1740.

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Notes
  • 1. Stuart mss. 65/16.
  • 2. Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer and others (1723), App. F. 11.