Major-General Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall (1666 – 10 April 1706), was an English Army officer and peer.
He was the eldest son of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall, and Jane Itchingham (c.1645–1712).[1] Among his siblings were Lady Jane Chichester (wife of Dacre Barrett) and Lady Mary Chichester (wife of Sir Robert Newcomen, 6th Baronet). His father served as Custos Rotulorum for County Antrim and Governor of Carrickfergus for twelve years before dying in Ireland in 1678. After his father's death, his mother married Richard Rooth of Epsom, son of Sir Richard Rooth, with whom she had two more daughters.[2][a]
His father was the eldest son of Lady Mary Jones and Lt.Col. John Chichester, who was MP for Dungannon and fought in the English Civil War. After his grandfather's death, his grandmother married Col. Christopher Copley of Wadworth.[2] His maternal grandparents were Sarah (née Loftus) Itchingham and John Itchingham of Dunbrody, County Wexford.[4]
Having succeeded his father as Earl of Donegall in 1678,[b] he refused to attend the Irish Parliament called by James II in May 1689, but later sat in the Parliament called by William III in October 1692.[5]
Having made a career in the English Army, Lord Donegall founded the 35th Regiment of Foot in Belfast in 1701, becoming its first Colonel. In 1704 he accompanied the regiment to fight in the War of the Spanish Succession in Spain, and was appointed major general of Spanish forces. He was killed in action in 1706 at Fort Montjuich near Barcelona, and was buried in that city.[6]
1682年より前のある時期に、彼は初代オレリー伯爵ロジャー・ボイルと、第2代サフォーク伯爵の娘マーガレット・ハワードの娘であるバーバラ・ボイル夫人と結婚した。ドネガル夫人は1682年11月16日に子孫を残さずに亡くなった。
彼女の死後、彼は1685年7月27日に、初代グラナード伯爵アーサー・フォーブスとキャサリン・ニューコメン(ロバート・ニューコメン卿の娘)の娘であるレディ・キャサリン・フォーブス(1743年没)と結婚した。二人の間には以下の子供が生まれた。[ 7 ]
ドネガル卿は1706年4月10日に亡くなり、長男のアーサーが爵位を継承した。未亡人であるドネガル夫人は1743年6月15日に亡くなった。第4代伯爵が1757年に子孫を残さずに亡くなった後、爵位は甥(第3代伯爵の孫)のアーサーに引き継がれ、彼は1790年に大英貴族のフィッシャーウィック男爵に、 1791年7月4日にアイルランド貴族のドネガル侯爵に叙せられた。 [ 4 ]