Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, OBE, 6th Earl of Chichester

From FreeBMD: Registration of birth of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham in 1871

April to June 1871: Registration of birth of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham; in St Giles, London (Volume 1b, Page 503)

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Ruth Buxton in 1898 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham in 1898

• April to June 1898: Registration of marriage of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham; in St George Hanover Square, London (Volume 1a, Page 993)
• April to June 1898: Registration of marriage of Ruth Buxton; in St George Hanover Square, London (Volume 1a, Page 993)

From Wikipedia: Jocelyn Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester

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

The elder son of Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester, and Alice, the daughter of 1st Baron Wolverton, he was educated at Eton. 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.

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

From FreeBMD: Registration of death of Jocelyn B. (Earl Of) Chichester in 1926

October to December 1926: Registration of death of Jocelyn B. (Earl Of) Chichester; aged 55 [born about 1871]; in Newhaven, Sussex (Volume 2b, Page 239)

From British Newspaper Archive: Northern Whig Monday, 15 November 1926 Page 6 Obituary: Earl of Chichester

The Earl of Chichester died at 2 a.m. yesterday, Sunday, 14 November 1926, aged 55, at his residence, Stanmer House, Stanmer Park, Stanmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex BN1 9QA 50.86778, -0.10306, near Lewes, from pneumonia.

Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, O.B.E., sixth Earl of Chichester and eleventh baronet, was born in May 1871, and educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire SL4 6DW 51.492, -0.608 and Trinity College, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TQ 52.2070, 0.1146. He was a public works loan commissioner, justice of the peace, and a deputy-lieutenant for East Sussex, also a member of its territorial army association.

He married, in 1898, Ruth, daughter of the late Francis William Buxton, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. He is succeeded in the title by Lord Pelham, his eldest son.

From British Newspaper Archive: Westminster Gazette Monday, 15 November 1926 Page 7 Death of an Earl: Lord Chichester: a pneumonia victim

The death occurred at Stanmer, Lewes, at two o'clock yesterday morning, Sunday, 14 November 1926, of the Earl of Chichester, after a two days' attack of pneumonia.

Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester, was born in 1871 and succeeded to the title in 1905. He is succeeded by his son, Lord Pelham, who is 21.

He was a large landowner in Kent and Sussex. Stanmer, his Sussex seat, is famous for its beautiful trees.

As a Pelham the late Earl was linked by marriage with Oliver Cromwell, for the second Lord Pelham, afterwards made an Earl, married a daughter of the Protector's great-grandson.

In his early years he was a well-known figure in North-West London, where he did much social work, particularly among the hooligan element, which was then very active and reckless.

The funeral takes place at Stanmer on Wednesday, 17 November 1926, at 2.15.

From findagrave: Sir Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham (1871-1926)

• Name: Sir Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham
• Born: Sunday, 21 May 1871, England
• Died: Sunday, 14 November 1926 (aged 55), England
• Buried: [Stanmer Churchyard, Stanmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex BN1 9PZ 50.87027, -0.10194]
• Inscription:
  • Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester,
  • died Sunday, 14 November 1926, aged 55 years
  • Francis Godolphin Henry Pelham, 7th Earl of Chichester,
  • died Monday, 22 November 1926, aged 21 years
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• About: Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester. He was the son of Reverend Francis Godolphin Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester and Hon. Alice Glyn. He married Ruth Buxton, daughter of Francis William Buxton and Hon. Mary Emma Lawrence, on Tuesday, 17 May 1898. He died in 1926 at age 55 at Stanmer Park, Lewes, Sussex, England, from pneumonia. He was buried on Friday, 26 November 1926 at Stanmer, Sussex, England.

Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 5th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Chichester on Friday, 21 April 1905. He succeeded to the title of 11th Baronet Pelham, of Laughton, Sussex on Friday, 21 April 1905.

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Sussex. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Sussex. He gained the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 5th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. He was Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.