Biography of George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal 1822-1904

On 21st September 1821 [his father] Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 22) and [his mother] Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal (age 52).

On 27th June 1822 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal was born to [his father] Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 23) and [his mother] Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal.

The London Gazette 20273. War-Office, 27th October 1843.

Ensign George Augustus Hamilton Chichester (age 21) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Nice Robertson. Dated 27th October 1843,

On 9th August 1859 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 37) and Virginia Elizabeth Mure were married. He had previously been cited in her divorce case Mure v. Mure and Chichester. He the son of Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 60) and Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal.

In 1863 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 40) and Virginia Elizabeth Mure were divorced. He applied to the court for this marriage to be declared void, bringing an action against "Virginia Elizabeth Mure, falsely called Virginia Elizabeth Chichester", on the grounds that no divorcee could remarry within three months of the decree nisi of her previous marriage.

11th July 1863. The Spectator, page 2: Marquisate of Donegal (age 41), has this week appeared in the Divorce Court for the third time. He was co-respondent in the ease of "Lloyd v. Lloyd and Chichester," and then in that of "Mare v. Mure and Chichester." The decree dissolving the latter marriage was pronounced on lstSuly, 1859. On 9th August Mr. Chichester married Mrs. Mure, and he has now applied to the Court to declare the union void. The- application was, of course, granted, as no divorcee can marry within three months of judgment—a fact Mr. Chichester, with his large experience in such cases, would, one would think, have known. His solicitors, however, assert, in a letter te. the Morning Post, that he was about to apply for a divorce from his wile on account of her conduct, and then first learned that the marriage was null and void. Even with this excuse, the case is just one of those which create the vulgar belief that the. class to which Mr. Chichester belongs is exceptionally immoral.

On 31st August 1865 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 43) and Mary Cobb Marchioness Donegal were married. He the son of Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 66) and Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal.

On 20th January 1889 [his father] Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal (age 89) died at St Leonards On Sea. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map]. His son George (age 66) succeeded 5th Marquess Donegal. [his wife] Mary Cobb Marchioness Donegal by marriage Marchioness Donegal.

In November 1901 [his wife] Mary Cobb Marchioness Donegal died.

On 23rd December 1902 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 80) and Violet Gertrude Twining Marchioness Donegal (age 22) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Donegal. The difference in their ages was 57 years. He the son of Edward Chichester 4th Marquess Donegal and Amelia Ogrady Marchioness County Donegal.

On 7th October 1903 [his son] Edward Chichester 6th Marquess Donegal was born to George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 81) and [his wife] Violet Gertrude Twining Marchioness Donegal (age 23).

On 13th May 1904 George Augustus Hamilton Chichester 5th Marquess Donegal (age 81) died. He left an estate of £27. His son Edward succeeded 6th Marquess Donegal.

On 8th October 1952 [his former wife] Violet Gertrude Twining Marchioness Donegal (age 72) died.