John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Earl of Chichester
| office = Member of the House of Lords
| status = Lord Temporal
| term_start = 14 April 1944
| predecessor = The 8th Earl of Chichester
| term_end = 11 November 1999
| successor = Seat abolished{{thin space|{{efn|Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.}}}}
| birth_name = John Nicholas Pelham
| birth_date = 14 April 1944
| party = Conservative Party
}}
John Nicholas Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester (born 14 April 1944), is a British nobleman.
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Chichester was born posthumously on 14 April 1944 to Ursula, Countess of Chichester;{{cite book |editor-last=Montague-Smith |editor-first=Patrick W. |chapter=Chichester, Earl of (Pelham) (Earl UK 1801, Bt E 1611) |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited |location=London }} his father, John Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester, had been killed in a road accident in February, while on active service with the Scots Guards, so he acceded to the earldom at birth. The Countess married Ralph Gunning Henderson in 1957, but they were divorced in 1971.
Chichester was educated at Stanbridge Earls School and in business as a farmer.{{cite book |editor-last=Mosley |editor-first=Charles |title=Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life |year=1981 |publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited |page=335 |isbn=0-905649-38-9 }}
In 1975, Chichester married June Marijke Hall (née Wells), the daughter of Group Captain Edward Wells. They have one daughter:
They live at Little Durnford Manor, in Wiltshire.
Succession
The title passes solely in the male line, so his heir presumptive is his second cousin once removed, Duncan James Bergengren Pelham (born 1987), who is the great grandson of Henry George Godolphin Pelham, second son of the fifth Earl.
Coat of arms
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|coronet = A coronet of an Earl
|crest = A peacock in pride argent.
|badge = The buckle of a belt or.{{cite book |title=Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |pages=311 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerageb0000unse_r0m8/page/n461/mode/2up?view=theater}}
|escutcheon = Quarterly: 1st and 4th azure, three pelicans vulning themselves argent; 2nd and 3rd gules, two pieces of belts with buckles, erect in pale, the buckles upwards argent.
|supporters = Dexter, a horse of a mouse dun colour; Sinister, a bear proper, each collared with a belt, buckle and pendant or.
|motto = Vincit amor patriae (The love of my country will prevail).}}
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External links
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