The title of Earl of Chichester has been created several times in British history. The first was in the Peerage of England in 1644 for Lord Dunsmore . This title became extinct in 1667, having passed in 1653 to the Earl of Southampton. The title was created anew in 1675 as a subsidiary title of the Dukedom of Southampton created in that year for Charles II's illegitimate son Charles Fitzroy. That title became extinct in 1774. The most recent creation was in 1801 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The current earl holds the subsidiary title of Baron Pelham of Stanmer (1762) in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is an English baronet (1611).

Earls of Chichester, First Creation (1644)

• Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester (d. 1653)
• Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, 2nd Earl of Chichester (1608-1667)

Earls of Chichester, Second Creation (1675)

See Duke of Southampton.

Barons Pelham of Stanmer (1762)

• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer (1693-1768)
• Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer (1728-1805) (became Earl of Chichester in 1801)

Earls of Chichester, Third Creation (1801)

• Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester (1728-1805)
• Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (1756-1826)
• Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester (1804-1886)
• Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester (1838-1902)
• Francis Godolphin Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester (1844-1905)
• Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham, 6th Earl of Chichester (1871-1926)
• Francis Godolphin Henry Pelham, 7th Earl of Chichester (1905-1926)
• John Buxton Pelham, 8th Earl of Chichester (1912-1944)
• John Nicholas Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester (b. 1944)