Jocelyn Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester

Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester, OBE (21 May 1871 – 14 November 1926)[1] was a British nobleman.[2]

The elder son of Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester, and Alice, the daughter of 1st Baron Wolverton, he was educated at Eton.[3] In 1898 he married Ruth Buxton with whom he had four children: Lady Elizabeth, Francis, Lady Prudence, who married Guy Branch, and John. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex; a Public Works Loan Commissioner and a Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Sussex Regiment.[4]

He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1918.

References

  1. Lord Chichester. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 15, 1926; pg. 19; Issue 44429
  2. ‘CHICHESTER’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 April 2017
  3. Cricinfo
  4. National Archives
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Francis Pelham
Earl of Chichester
1905–1926
Succeeded by
Francis Pelham


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