Francis Pelham, 7th Earl of Chichester
Francis Godolphin Henry Pelham, 7th Earl of Chichester (23 March 1905 – 22 November 1926) was a British nobleman,[1] styled Lord Pelham from April 1905 to 1926.
He held one of the shortest tenures of an earldom on record, outliving his father, the 6th earl,[2] by only 9 days;[3] and was succeeded by his younger brother John, then 14 years old.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford; and died of pneumonia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ‘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
- ^ "Lord Chichester." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 November 1926; p. 19; issue 44429.
- ^ "Lord Chichester. A friend." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 24 November 1926; p. 19; issue 44437.
- ^ thePeerage.com
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