Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall

Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall, PC (Ire) (died 26 October 1678), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Early life Chichester was the eldest son of Lady Mary Jones and Lieutenant Colonel John Chichester (1609–1647), of Dungannon, County Tyrone, who was MP for Dungannon and fought in the English Civil War. Among his siblings were younger brother, the Hon. John Chichester, and Elizabeth Chichester (wife of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet). After his father's death, his mother married Col. Christopher Copley of Wadworth. He was knighted at Whitehall in 1660, and served in the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Dungannon (1661–1666). He was also made an Irish Privy Counsellor in 1672.

In 1675, Chichester succeeded his uncle as second Earl of Donegall, inheriting the title under the special remainder granted with it to the male heirs of his grandfather, Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester. He was Custos Rotulorum for County Antrim and Governor of Carrickfergus for twelve years before dying in Ireland in 1678. His wife survived him and remarried.

Personal life Chichester married Jane Ichyngham, daughter of John Ichyngham of Dunbrody, County Wexford, a descendant of Sir Edward Echyngham (died 1527) of Barsham, Suffolk.

Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall (1666–1706), a Maj.-Gen. who married Lady Barbara Boyle, daughter of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, and Lady Margaret Howard (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Suffolk), before 1682. After her death, he married Lady Catherine Forbes, daughter of Arthur Forbes, 1st Earl of Granard, and Catherine Newcomen (daughter of Sir Robert Newcomen), in 1685. He was killed in action at Fort Montjuïc on 20 April 1706. Lady Jane Chichester, who married Dacre Barrett.

Descendants Through his daughter Lady Jane, he was a grandfather of Richard Barrett (1682–1716), who married Anne Lennard, Baroness Dacre, parents of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre.