CHICHESTER, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1689-1740), of Youlston, nr. Barnstaple, Devon.

Included in the list of Jacobites sent to the Pretender in 1721,Stuart mss. 65/16. Chichester was in touch with Atterbury’s agents during the plot of 1722.Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer and others (1723), App. F. 11. Returned for Barnstaple unopposed, he voted against the Spanish convention but was absent for the division on the place bill. He died 2 Sept. 1740.