Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester (22 September 1838 – 28 May 1902), styled as Lord Pelham from 1838 to 1886, was a British

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 Liberal

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 politician.

Pelham was the eldest son of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester, and his wife Lady Mary, daughter of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan. He was educated at Harrow

Harrow School

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

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. In 1865 he was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Lewes

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, a seat he held until 1874. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Sussex

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 and, succeeding his father, as President of Brighton College

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.

Lord Chichester married Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the Hon. Sir John Duncan Bligh

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, in 1861. They had no children. He died in May 1902, aged 63, and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother Reverend Francis Pelham

Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester

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. Lady Chichester died in December 1911, aged 74.