Major-General Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall (1666 – 10 April 1706), was an English Army officer and peer.

Early life

He was the eldest son of

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, and Jane Itchingham (–1712). Among his siblings were Lady Jane Chichester (wife of Dacre Barrett) and Lady Mary Chichester (wife of

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). His father served as Custos Rotulorum for

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and

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for twelve years before dying in

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in 1678. After his father's death, his mother married Richard Rooth of Epsom, son of Sir Richard Rooth, with whom she had two more daughters. His father was the eldest son of Lady Mary Jones and Lt.Col. John Chichester, who was MP for

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and fought in the

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. After his grandfather's death, his grandmother married Col. Christopher Copley of

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. His maternal grandparents were Sarah ( Loftus) Itchingham and John Itchingham of Dunbrody,

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Career

Having succeeded his father as Earl of Donegall in 1678, he refused to attend the Irish Parliament called by James II in May 1689, but later sat in the Parliament called by

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in October 1692.

Military career

Having made a career in the English Army, Lord Donegall founded the

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in 1701, becoming its first

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. In 1704 he accompanied the regiment to fight in the

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, and was appointed major general of Spanish forces. He was killed in action in 1706 at Fort Montjuich near

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, and was buried in that city.

Personal life

Sometime before 1682, he married Lady Barbara Boyle, a daughter of

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, and Lady Margaret Howard (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Suffolk). Lady Donegall died on 16 November 1682 without surviving issue. After her death, he married Lady Catherine Forbes (d. 1743), daughter of

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, and Catherine Newcomen (a daughter of

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), on 27 July 1685. Together, they were the parents of: * Arthur Chichester, 4th Earl of Donegall (1695–1757), who married Lady Lucy Ridgeway, daughter of Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry, in 1716. * Hon. John Chichester (1700–1746), who married Elizabeth

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, daughter of Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet, in 1726. * Lady Anne Chichester (d. 1753), who married Lt.-Gen.

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, son of

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, in 1716. * Lady Katherine Chichester (d. 1749), who married

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, son of

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, in 1713. * Lady Jane Chichester, who died in a fire at her father's house. * Lady Frances Chichester, who also died in a fire at her father's house. * Lady Henrietta Chichester, who also died in a fire at her father's house. * Lady Mary Chichester, who died unmarried.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 1, p. 1158. Lord Donegall died on 10 April 1706 and was succeeded by his eldest son,

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. His widow, the dowager Lady Donegall, died on 15 June 1743. After the 4th Earl died without issue in 1757, the title passed to his nephew (the 3rd Earl's grandson),

, who was created Baron Fisherwick in the

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in 1790 and

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in the

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on 4 July 1791.G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), vol. IV, pp. 390–391.

References

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