Sir Gerald Chichester

The Honourable Sir Gerald Henry Crofton Chichester (22 June 1886 – 8 October 1939) was a British diplomat and courtier of Anglo-Irish descent who served as Private Secretary to Queen Mary.

Early life Chichester was born on 22 June 1886 into an old Anglo-Irish family. He was the eldest son of Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baron Templemore, and his second wife, Alice Elizabeth Dawkins. From his father's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore, who married Hon. Clare Wingfield (a daughter of the 7th Viscount Powerscourt).

His paternal grandparents were Harry Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore, and his first wife, Laura Caroline Jane Paget (a daughter of diplomat Sir Arthur Paget). His nephew, Dermot Chichester, 5th Baron Templemore, became the 7th Marquess of Donegall in 1975. His maternal grandparents were Marianne Jane (née Robarts) Dawkins and Clinton George Augustus Dawkins, Consul-General to Vienna (and brother to Henry Dawkins of Over Norton Park). He was also a Groom-in-Waiting to King George V from 1931 until his death in January 1936.

In 1927, he was awarded the French Legion of Honour.

After becoming ill in May 1938, Sir Gerald died at Tifters Farm, Charlwood, on 8 October 1939. His funeral was held at the Charlwood Parish Church before he was cremated. "The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Thomas Wickens, jnr., Charlwood."