George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, 5th Marquess of Donegall (27 June 1822 – 13 May 1904), styled Earl of Belfast from 1853 until 1899, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and company promoter who became an Irish and British peer, with a seat in the House of Lords.
In his youth he was an officer of the 6th Regiment of Foot by purchase and a director of railway companies. He was made bankrupt in 1866 and died in reduced circumstances, after inheriting his peerages in 1889. After being widowed in 1901 he advertised that he was willing to marry again for £25,000 to be paid to himself and in the last year of his life finally succeeded in gaining a son and heir.
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Early life
Chichester was the oldest of the three sons of Lord Edward Chichester, a Church of Ireland clergyman who was Dean of Raphoe and a younger son of George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall. His mother was the former Amelia Spread Deane O'Grady, daughter of the barrister Henry Deane O'Grady.
Chichester trained for a military career and was commissioned into the British Army. On 27 October 1843, he progressed from Ensign to Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment of Foot by purchase. In 1846, he was also a director of the London and Exeter Direct railway company and a member of the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Aberystwith Direct Railway.