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.

Coat of arms of Jocelyn Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester
	Coronet A coronet of an Earl Crest A peacock in pride argent. 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). Badge The buckle of a belt or.^[5]

References

^ Lord Chichester. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 15, 1926; pg. 19; Issue 44429
^ ‘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
^ Cricinfo
^ National Archives
^ Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003. London: Macmillan. 2003. p. 311.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Pelham	Earl of Chichester 1905–1926	Succeeded by Francis Pelham

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