Bevendean History Project
Stanmer - Earls of Chichester
| 1 |
Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester, 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer |
| Born | c. 1653 |
| Marriages |
Elizabeth Jones (m. 1679, died 1681) Grace Holles (m. 1686, died 1700) |
| Died | 23 February 1712, he died of apoplexy |
| Burial |
Buried in the family vaults at All Saints Church, Laughton, East Sussex |
| 2 | Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 28 April 1756, London, England |
| Marriage |
16 July 1801 to Lady Maria Henrietta Juliana Osborne (1776–1862) |
| Died | 4 July 1826 (aged 70), London |
| Burial |
Buried in the family vaults at All Saints Church, Laughton, East Sussex |
| 3 | Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 25 August 1804, Stratton Street, Piccadilly, London |
| Marriage | Lady Mary Brudenell, (m. 1828, died 1867) |
| Died | 15 March 1886 (aged 81) at Stanmer, East Sussex |
| Burial |
Buried in the family vaults at All Saints Church, Laughton, East Sussex |
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Children |
Harriet Bligh, Countess of Darnley Lady Susan Smith Lady Isabella Whitbread Walter Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester Thomas Pelham Arthur Pelham |
| Parents |
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester, Lady Mary Osborne. |
| 4 | Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 22 September 1838 at Stanmer House, East Sussex |
| Marriage |
18 June 1861, to Elizabeth Mary Bligh (1837 – 1911) at St George, Hanover Square, London |
| Died | 28 May 1902 at Stanmer, East Sussex |
| Burial | Buried in Stanmer Churchyard |
| 5 | Rev Francis Godolphin Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 18 October 1844 at Stanmer, Sussex |
| Marriage |
4 August 1870 to Alice Carr Glyn, at St Michael, Chester Square, London |
| Died | 21 April 1905 at Stanmer, East Sussex |
| Burial | Buried in Stanmer Churchyard |
| Children |
Jocelyn Pelham who succeeded to the title. Hon Herbert L Pelham, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, Croix De Chevalier Legion d'Honeur, who was killed during WWI, in the First Battle of the Aisne on September 14th 1914. |
| 6 | Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 21 May 1871 born in St Giles Registration District, London |
| Marriage |
17 May 1898 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London |
| Spouse |
Ruth Buxton (17 May 1874 – 6 February 1965) buried in Stanmer Churchyard |
| Died | 14 November 1926 at Stanmer, East Sussex |
| Burial | Buried in Stanmer Churchyard |
| Children |
Lady Elizabeth Francis Lady Prudence, who married Guy Branch John |
| 7 |
Francis Godolphin Henry Pelham, 7th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 23 Mar 1905 at Ware, Hertfordshire |
| Death | 22 Nov 1926 (aged 21) at Stanmer, East Sussex from pneumonia |
| Burial | All Saints Churchyard, Laughton, East Sussex |
| 8 | John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 12 June 1912 at Stanmer, East Sussex |
| Marriage | 26 Mar 1940 at Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Spouse | Ursula von Pannwitz (1920 – 1989) |
| Death |
21 February 1944 (age 31 years) killed in a road accident in Don Valley, West Riding, Yorkshire |
| Burial | Buried in Stanmer Churchyard |
| Children |
John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester Lady Georgiana Pelham |
| 9 | John Nicholas Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester |
| Born | 14 April 1944 in Oxford |
| Marriage | 10 December 1975 at Salisbury Cathedral |
| Spouse | June Marijke Hall (née Wells), the daughter of Group Captain Edward Wells |
| Children | Lady Eliza Pelham, born on 12 May 1983 |
