Earl of Chichester is a title that has been created three times in British history.
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“Were I a king, I could command content;
Were I obscure, hidden should be my cares;”
—Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604)
“Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)