| 词条 | Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall |
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Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall (13 June 1739 – 5 January 1799), known as Arthur Chichester until 1757 and as The Earl of Donegall between 1757 and 1791, was an English nobleman and politician in Ireland. Background and educationHe was educated at Trinity College, Oxford before succeeding his uncle in 1757 as fifth Earl of Donegall. Political careerAfter taking his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1765, Donegall served at Westminster as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (1768–1774). As a means of securing his support for the Government in the Irish House of Commons, he was in 1790 created Baron Fisherwick, of Fisherwick in the County of Stafford, in the Peerage of Great Britain.{{Disputed inline|date=May 2017}} The following year he was also created Earl of Belfast and Marquess of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland. FamilyLord Donegall married three times. On 11 September 1761, he married Lady Anne Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton. They had seven children:
In October 1790 he married Barbara, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Luke Godfrey,[1] who was his third wife. Lord Donegall held on lease a country residence at Butley Priory, Suffolk. He died, aged 59, at his London home in St James's Square, Westminster. References1. ^Catalogue note for the portrait of Barbara, Marchoness of Donegall by George Romney {{S-start}}{{S-par|gb}}{{Succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Malmesbury| with = Thomas Howard | before=Thomas Conolly The Earl Tylney | after=Charles Fox William Strahan | years=1768–1774}}{{S-reg|ie}}{{S-bef|before=Arthur Chichester}}{{S-ttl|title=Earl of Donegall| years=1757–1799}}{{S-aft|rows=2|after=George Chichester}}{{S-new|creation}}{{S-ttl|title=Marquess of Donegall| years=1791–1799}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{s-new|creation}}{{S-ttl|title=Baron Fisherwick|years=1790–1799}}{{S-aft|after=George Chichester}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Donegall, Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess Of}} 9 : 1739 births|1799 deaths|Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford|Members of the Privy Council of Ireland|British MPs 1768–74|Chichester family|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|Marquesses of Donegall|Peers of Great Britain created by George III |
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