Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester, DL, JP (13 August 1873 – 10 December 1921) was an

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soldier and politician.

Background and family

Chichester was the son of Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester (18 December 1836 – 5 March 1901, a son of the 4th Marquess of Donegall) and his wife Mary Chichester (née Dawson, died 1924). Robert Chichester married Dehra Kerr-Fisher, later member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Londonderry and South Londonderry. They had a son and a daughter; their son predeceased them: * Robert James Spencer Chichester (1902–1920) * Marion Caroline Dehra Chichester (1904–1976); her children included

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James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (12 February 1923 – 17 May 2002) was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the No ...

, and Sir Robin Chichester-Clark

Career

Chichester served in the British Central Africa Campaign (1897–1900), and was commissioned in the

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in August 1900. He was promoted to

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1 January 1901, and fought in the

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. On 22 January 1902 he was promoted to

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, and he was later promoted to major in the Irish Guards. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the

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. He held the office of

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for 1907 and was appointed

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for 1911. He was

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(JP) for Counties Donegal, Antrim and Londonderry. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Counties Donegal, Antrim and Londonderry. He lived at Moyola Park, Castledawson, County Londonderry. He was briefly a

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for South Londonderry: his son-in-law, wife and a grandson were later members for South Londonderry in the Northern Ireland parliament and another grandson for Londonderry at Westminster.

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thepeerage.com; accessed 7 June 2017. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chichester, Robert 1873 births 1921 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Donegal Deputy Lieutenants of Antrim Deputy Lieutenants of Londonderry High Sheriffs of Antrim High Sheriffs of County Londonderry Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Irish Guards officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Royal Ulster Rifles officers

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1918–1922 Irish justices of the peace Lawyers from County Londonderry

Background and family

Career

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