Back Arthur Chichester, 1. Baron Chichester German Arthur Chichester Spanish Arthur Chichester (1er baron Chichester) French Arthur Chichester Irish Arthur Chichester Italian Чичестер, Артур, 1-й барон Чичестер Russian Arthur Chichester, 1:e baron Chichester Swedish
The Lord Chichester | |
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 Anglo-Irish School portrait in the collection of Belfast Harbour Commissioners | |
| Lord Deputy of Ireland | |
| In office 1605–1616 | |
| Preceded by | Sir George Cary |
| Succeeded by | Sir Oliver St John |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1563 Raleigh, Devon, England |
| Died | 19 February 1625 (aged 61) London, England |
| Spouse | Lettice Perrot |
| Children | Arthur |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625; known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester), of Carrickfergus[1] in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1605 to 1616. He was instrumental in the development and expansion of Belfast, now Northern Ireland's capital. Several streets are named in honour of himself and his nephew and heir Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, including Chichester Street and the adjoining Donegall Place, site of the Belfast City Hall.
- ^ Biography by his nephew Sir Faithful Fortescue (d.1666): "Carrickfergus, where he had built the noblest House in the kingdom, and had prepared a neat tomb to receive him when God shoud please to send him to it" (Clermont, Lord (Thomas Fortescue), History of the Family of Fortescue in all its Branches, (first published 1869) 2nd edition London, 1880, p.177 [1])