Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall (died 26 October 1678) was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...

 politician.

Chichester was the son of Lieutenant Colonel John Chichester, of Dungannon

Dungannon

Dungannon is a medium-sized town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the third-largest town in the county and a population of 11,139 people was recorded in the 2001 Census. In August 2006, Dungannon won Ulster In Bloom's Best Kept Town Award for the fifth time...

, County Tyrone

County Tyrone

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, the latter being the younger brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall was an Irish aristocrat and soldier.He was the eldest son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, and made a career as a soldier before being elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Armagh in 1634 and again in 1640.Having...

. He was knight

Knight

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ed at Whitehall

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 in 1660, and served in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Dungannon

Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 (1661–1666). He was also made an Irish Privy Counsellor

Privy Council of Ireland

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 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

Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester

Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester was the younger brother of Arthur Chichester, Baron Chichester. He was knighted in 1616, and after his brother's death in 1625 was in his memory ennobled as Viscount Chichester, of Carrickfergus in the County of Antrim, and Baron Chichester, of Belfast in...

. He was Custos Rotulorum

Custos rotulorum

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 for County Antrim

County Antrim

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 and Governor

Governor

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 of Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

 for twelve years before dying in Ireland

Ireland

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in 1687.