Lord John Ludford Chichester (November 1811 – 22 April 1873), was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Chichester was the sixth son of George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall

George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall

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, and Anna, daughter of Sir Edward May, 2nd Baronet. George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall

George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall

George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall KP, GCH, PC , styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and politician...

, Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall

Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall

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, and Lord Arthur Chichester

Lord Arthur Chichester

Lord Arthur Chichester , was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament .Chichester was the fourth son of George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall, and Anna, daughter of Sir Edward May, 2nd Baronet...

 were his brothers.

Chichester was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Belfast in 1845, a seat he held until 1852. He spoke once in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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, in 1850, where he protested to the speaker that he and several other MP's had missed a vote because the bell in the room in which they were waiting was broken.

Chichester married Caroline, daughter of Henry Bevan in 1844. He died in April 1873, aged 61. His wife survived him by ten years and died in December 1883.