Harry Spencer Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore (14 June 1821 – 10 June 1906), styled The Honourable Harry Chichester between 1831 and 1837, was an
Anglo-Irish
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peer.
Early life and career
Chichester was the eldest son of
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore, and Lady Augusta Paget, daughter of Field Marshal
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He was educated at
Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford
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. He succeeded in the barony on the death of his father on 26 September 1837.
Career
During his military service he gained the rank of Honorary Colonel for the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. He served as a
deputy lieutenant of
County Wexford
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and was also a
justice of the peace for that county.
Personal life
On 3 August 1842, Lord Templemore married his first cousin once removed, Laura Caroline Jane Paget, daughter of
Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Augusta Fane (a daughter of
10th Earl of Westmorland). She was the first cousin of his mother Augusta, Baroness Templemore. In the 1850s, they lived at 2
Upper Brook Street,
Mayfair
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. Before her death, they had two children:
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1160.
*
Arthur Henry Chichester, 3rd Baron Templemore (1854–1924), who married Evelyn Stracey, daughter of Rev. William James Stracey-Clitherow, in 1879. After her death, he married Alice Elizabeth Dawkins, daughter of Clinton George Augustus Dawkins, in 1885.
* The Hon. Flora Augusta Chichester (1856–1874), who died unmarried.
After his first wife's death in December 1871, he married secondly Lady Victoria Elizabeth Ashley, daughter of
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lady Emily Cowper (a daughter of
5th Earl Cowper), on 8 January 1873 at
St George's, Hanover Square, London. They had one daughter:
* The Hon. Hilda Caroline Chichester (1875–1961), who married Sir Victor George Corkran.
Lord Templemore died in June 1906, aged 84, and was succeeded by his only son,
Arthur
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A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...
. The widowed Lady Templemore lived at 9 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair.
She died in February 1927.
References
External links
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1821 births
1906 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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Grenadier Guards officers