Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet (23 April 1623 – 4 November 1667)

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in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1661 to 1667.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Chichester (d.1627), K.B., of Raleigh, Devon by his second wife Mary Hill, a daughter of Robert Hill (d.1637) of Shilston in the parish of

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in Devon.

Career

He succeeded to Raleigh on the death of his father on 24 April 1627. He was created a

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on 4 August 1641.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2''
/ref> In 1661 Chichester was elected a

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for

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(adjacent to Raleigh) in the

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and sat until his death in 1667 at the age of about 44.History of Parliament Online - Chichester, Sir John, 1st Bt.
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Marriages and children

Chichester married twice: *Firstly to Elizabeth Rayney (d.1654), a daughter of Sir John Rayney, 1st Baronet (1601–1661) of

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in Kent, by his first wife Catharine Style, a daughter of Thomas Style. By his first wife he had children including: **

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(c. 1658-16 September 1680) **

Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (c. 1662–1718), of Youlston Park, Devon was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1685 and 1718. Chichester was the second son of Sir John Chichester, 1s ...

(c. 1662-3 February 1718), (Since his first wife died in 1654 this has to be an error. Burke's Peerage says has first wife Elizabeth died without issue, suggesting that sons John and Arthur are both children of Mary Colley (as BP states).) **Henry *Secondly to Mary Colly, a daughter of Theodore Colly and widow of George Warcup, a merchant of the

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biography She is recorded as a widow, in the parish of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, on 18 July 1655.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chichester, John 1623 births 1667 deaths English MPs 1661–1679 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple English landowners Chichester family