Chichester baronets of Arlington Court (1840)

Escutcheon of the Chichester baronets of Arlington Court[1]

The Chichester baronetcy, of Arlington Court in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 September 1840 for John Chichester, of Arlington, Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1831–1840.[1][2]

The title became extinct on the death of the 2nd Baronet in 1881.[2] His widow later married her late husband's distant cousin and neighbour, Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet of Youlston Park, Shirwell, Devon.[3] The 2nd baronet's unmarried daughter and heiress, Rosalie C. Chichester (d. 1949), bequeathed the Arlington family seat to the nation in 1949.[4]

Chichester baronets, of Arlington Court (1840)

• Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, 1st Baronet (died 10 December 1851)[1][2]
• Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester, 2nd Baronet (24 December 1842 – 25 January 1881)[1][2]

Notes

1. Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 117–118.
2. "Chichester, John Palmer Bruce (?1794-1851), of Arlington Court, nr. Barnstaple, Devon and 39 Bury Street, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
3. "Chichester, Sir Arthur". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Marsh, Jan. "Chichester, Rosalie Caroline (1865–1949), landowner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45578. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)