Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester (20 April 1775 – 22 February 1819) was an
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...
politician.
Chichester was the son of
Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...
and Lady Anne Hamilton, daughter of
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton. He was the
Member of Parliament for
Belfast in the
Irish House of Commons between 1797 and 1798. He then represented
Carrickfergus in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
as a
Tory between 1802 and his resignation from the Commons in 1807.
CHICHESTER, Lord Spencer Stanley
''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (1986).
References
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1775 births
1819 deaths
18th-century Anglo-Irish people
19th-century Anglo-Irish people
Spencer
Irish MPs 1790–1797
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922)
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
UK MPs 1802–1806
UK MPs 1806–1807
Younger sons of marquesses