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CHESTER, CHARLES, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 11 Sep 1730; adm. Feb 1738/9 (Watts); entered merchant’s office in Canton [presumably EICS Canton]; returned from China in 1753; became wine merchant at Oporto; inherited Chicheley estate, Bucks., and assumed surname and arms of Chester in lieu of Bagot by private Act of Parliament 31 Geo II, in compliance with the will of his first cousin, Sir Charles Bagot Chester, Bart., 1755; m. 3 Oct 1765 Catherine, dau. of Hon. Heneage Legge, Baron of the Exchequer; d. 2 Apr 1793.

CHESTER, CHARLES, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 31 Dec 1768; adm. 5 Jun 1776; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 - res 20 Jul 1789; migrated to Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 18 Jun 1791, matr. Lent 1792; LLB 1795; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1792, priest 24 Feb 1793 (both Norwich); Curate, Swaffham, Cambs., 1792; Rector of Rousham, Oxfordshire, 29 Nov 1803-14; Rector of Ayot St. Peter, Herts., 22 May 1803 (still 1829); Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 25 Feb 1814; m. Catherine, dau. of Ven. John Roberts, Archdeacon of Merioneth; d. 19 May 1837.

CHESTER, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Chester (adm. 1738/9, qv); b. 25 Oct 1770; adm. 3 Feb 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1788; of Chicheley Hall, Bucks.; MP Castle Rising 14 Jul 1794 - 1807; d. 11 Jun 1838.

CHESTER, HARRY ROBERT, son of Harry Chester (adm. 1820, qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Mar 1840; at Highgate Sch. Jan 1849 - Jun 1852; adm. (G) 10 Jun 1852; QS 30 Mar 1855; d. 4 Dec 1855.

CHESTER, HARRY, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 10 Aug 1770; adm. 23 Jan 1778; Min. Can. 1784; KS 1785; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 14 May 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Apr 1793; Adjutant, 9 Dec 1795; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 Jan 1799; Col. in the Army, 25 Oct 1809; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812; served in Flanders and in the Peninsular War; m. 3 Sep 1799 Harriet, youngest dau. of Gen. Sir Henry Clinton KB MP; d. 5 Jan 1821.

CHESTER, HARRY, youngest son of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 1 Oct 1806; at Charterhouse Sch. 1815-9; adm. 10 Jan 1820 (Best's); KS 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825, matr. Mich. 1824; a Clerk in the Privy Council Office May 1826 - 31 Dec 1858; Assistant Secretary to Committee of Privy Council on Education 1840-58; JP Middlesex; author, Spain and Portugal, 1834, and of books on education; m. 1st, 2 Sep 1837 Anne Maria, only dau. of Robert Isherwood, Highgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 24 Mar 1856 Henrietta Mary, dau. of George Goff; d. 5 Oct 1868.

CHESTER, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Chester, Briggins Park, Hunsdon, Herts., and Mary Thomas; b. 26 Feb 1738/9; adm. Jun 1751 (Porten's); in school list 1754; apprenticed to Richard Ivatt (qv), Six Clerks’ Office, 8 Aug 1755; a clerk in the Six Clerks’ Office; of Eversley, Hampshire, later of West Lavington, Wilts.; m. 24 Jun 1760 Hetty, eldest dau. of William de Billinghurst, Mitchen Hall, Peper Harow, Surrey; d. 28 Oct 1786.

CHESTER, JOHN, only son of Thomas Chester, Cheapside, London, linen draper, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Daniel Wigfall, London, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1716; left 1717; went to Eton Coll.; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1721, scholar 1 Jun 1722, matr. 1721; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1723/4; adm. solicitor 2 Dec 1730; m. 24 Aug 1738 his cousin Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir William Chester, Bart.; d. 2 Jan 1750/1.

CHESTER, SIR ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Chester, Middle Temple, and Harriott, dau. of Charles Adelmare Caesar; b. 5 Jan 1768; adm. 6 Feb 1775; KS 1782; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1786, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1786; BA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 15 Jan 1789; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to George III, 20 Feb 1794 - Apr 1797; Groom of Privy Chamber 19 Oct 1797 - Jul 1798; Extra Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber 25 Feb 1796 - Jul 1798, Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber 29 Jul 1798 - May 1818; Assistant Master of the Ceremonies 16 Dec 1796 - May 1818, Master of the Ceremonies 27 May 1818 - Dec 1846; knighted 5 Jun 1818; of Bush Hall, Herts.; Lieut. -Col. Hertfordshire Militia, DL JP Hertfordshire; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1794; m. 10 Oct 1797 Eliza, third dau. of John Ford, Sproughton, Suffolk; d. 12 Aug 1848.

CHESTER, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 6 Oct 1800; adm. Midsummer 1813; left Whitsun 1816; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1819, matr. Mich. 1819; migr. to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Oct 1819; Assistant Master of the Ceremonies from 27 May 1818; d. unm. 20 Sep 1822.