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 240 CHICHESTER. II. 1G53, 2. Tiiomas (Wriottiesley), Earl op Southampton to and Earl of Chichester, son-in-law, became heir to the Earldom 1GG7. °f Chichester in 1653, under the spec. rem. in its creation having previously inherited, from his Father, the Earldom of Southampton, 10 Nov. 1625. He m. for his second wife, in or shortly after 1641, Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of Francis (Leigh), Eakl ok Chichester, by Audrey, his wife, abovenamed. He tl. s.p.m.s. 16 May 1667, when all his honours became extinct. See fuller account under " Southampton-," Earldom of, or, 1537 ; ex. 1667. III. 1675. 1. Charles FitzEoy, styled Earl of SouthO J's amptos (being s. and h. ap. of Barbara, suo jure Duchess of c 3 Cleveland, Countess of Southampton, &c), was, on 10 Sep. 1675, cr. BARON .§ OF NEWBURY, co. Berks, EARL OF CHICHESTER(») and DUKE OF ||. SOUTHAMPTON. By the death of his mother, 9 Oct. 1709, lie became g Duke of Cleveland, i-'c. He d. 9 Sep. 1730, aged 58. i t t. a v o y. « IV. 1730, 2. William (FitzEoy), Duke ok Cleveland, % 3 - to Duke of Southampton, Earl of Southampton, Earl of ><- 1774. Chichester, See., 1st s. and h. He d. s.p. 18 May 1774, aged Jta* 76, when all his honours became extinct. J " ^ V. 1801. 1. Thomas (Pelham), Baron Pelham of Stanmer, was, on 23 June 1801, cr. EARL OF CHICHESTER. He was s. and h. of Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer, Sussex, sometime a merchant at Constantinople, by Annetta, da. of Thomas Biudres, of Constantinople afsd., which Thomas P. was 3rd s. (but the only s. that had issue) of Henry Pelham, Clerk of the Pells, yr. br. of Thomas, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, who was father of Thomas (Pelham), 1st Duke of Newcastle, the well-known statesman. He was 4. 28 Feb. 1727/8 ; M.l'. for Rye, 1719-54; for Sussex, 1754-68 ; Commissioner of Trade, 1751 ; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1761-64 ; Comptroller of the Household, 1765-74 ; P.C., 1765. On 17 Nov. 1768, by the death, s.p. of his cousin, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, abovenamed, he became the head of his family, and sue, as such, to a Baronetcy (cr. 22 May 1011) and as BARON PELHAM OF STANMER, co. Sussex, the said Dnke having been so cr. 4 May 1762, with a spec. rem. (failing his issue male) to him. He was Surveyor Gen. of the Customs of London, 1773-1805 ; Chief Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, 1 774-75 ; Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1 775- 82. In 1 801, at the age of 73, he was cr. Karl of Chichester, as abovestated. He m. 15 June 1754, at Mortlake, Surrey, Anne, da and h. of Frederick Meinhart Frankland, by Elizabeth, his 1st wife, which Frederick was 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Bart. He d. 8 Jany. 1805, at Stanmer, and was bur. at Laughton, Sussex. ( b ) Hi3 widow d. 5 March 1813, in her 79th year. VI. 1805. 2. Thomas (Pelham), Earl of Chichester, &c., 1st s. and h., b. in Spring Gardens 28 April, and bap. 26 May, 1756, at St. Martin's-in-the-fields. Ed. at Westm. School and at Clare Hall, Cambridge ; M.A., 1775 ; M.P. for Sussex, in several Paris., 1780 to 1801 ; was chosen M.P. for Carrick [I.], 1783 ; for Clogher [I.], 1795, and for Armagh [I.], 1797. Surveyor Gen. of the Ordnance, 1782 ; Chief Sec. to the Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1783-84, and again, 1795- 98 ; P.C. [I.], 178-3 ; P.C. [E.], 1795 ; Lieut.-Col. of the Sussex Militia, 1794. In 1801, directly on his Father's elevation to an Earldom, he was sum. to the House of Lords, in his Fathers Barony, as LORD PELHAM OF STANMER. Sec. of State to the Home Department, 1801-03 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1803 ; Capt. of the Yeoman of the Guard, 1804 ; Joint Postmaster Gen., 1807-23 ; Postmaster Gen., 1823-26. At the coronation, in July 1821, he was assistant Carver. He m. 16 ( a ) The fact of an Earldom of Chichester having been previously held with an Earl- dom of Southampton, seems to have suggested their being again united. ( b ) His character as, in 1751, given by Horace Walpole is— "Seems very good humoured, but he is nothing but complexion."