Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Age: 31
Date of Death: 21/02/1944
Service No: 165042
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John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester was the son of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester O.B.E., D.L., J.P and Ruth Buxton. He married Ursula von Pannwitz, daughter of Walter de Pannwitz, on 27 March 1940. He died in 1944 at age 31, killed in a road accident, while on active service.
John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester succeeded to the title of 13th Baronet Pelham, of Laughton, co. Sussex on 22 November 1926. He succeeded to the title of 9th Baron Pelham of Stanmer, co. Sussex on 22 November 1926.
He succeeded to the title of 8th Earl of Chichester on 22 November 1926. He was Honorary Attaché to Warsaw in 1931. He was Honorary Attaché to Washington in 1933.2He was Honorary Private Secretary to British High Commissioner to Canada in 1934. He fought in the Second World War. He was 3rd Secretary and Press Attaché to The Hague in 1939. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Scots Guards
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Age: 31
Date of Death: 21/02/1944
Service No: 165042
Additional information:
John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester was the son of Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester O.B.E., D.L., J.P and Ruth Buxton. He married Ursula von Pannwitz, daughter of Walter de Pannwitz, on 27 March 1940. He died in 1944 at age 31, killed in a road accident, while on active service.
John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester succeeded to the title of 13th Baronet Pelham, of Laughton, co. Sussex on 22 November 1926. He succeeded to the title of 9th Baron Pelham of Stanmer, co. Sussex on 22 November 1926.
He succeeded to the title of 8th Earl of Chichester on 22 November 1926. He was Honorary Attaché to Warsaw in 1931. He was Honorary Attaché to Washington in 1933.2He was Honorary Private Secretary to British High Commissioner to Canada in 1934. He fought in the Second World War. He was 3rd Secretary and Press Attaché to The Hague in 1939. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Scots Guards
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John Buxton Pelham
Eighth Earl of Chichester
12 July 1912
21 February 1944
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