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CHESTER, ROBERT, third son of Sir Robert Chester, Kt, Royston, Herts., and Anne, dau. of Sir Henry Capel, Little Hadham, Herts.; b.; adm.; KS 16 Nov 1610; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. pens. 1615 ?, scholar 1616, matr. Lent 1615/6; BA 1619/20; MA 1623 (incorp. Oxford, 12 Jul 1623); DD 1636; ordained; Rector of Stevenage, Herts., from 19 Dec 1629; Rector of Hinxworth, Herts., 1637-9; Rector of Graveley, Herts.; d. 6 Apr 1664, aged 67.

CHESTER, SAMUEL, eldest son of Edward Chester, Antigua, West Indies, merchant; bapt. 8 Sep 1706; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Sep 1720.

CHETHAM, ---; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); at school Midsummer 1792.

CHETWODE, E.; b.; adm.; at school 1802 (name up School with that date).

CHETWOOD, JOHN SHEFFIELD, son of Very Rev. Knightly Chetwood DD, Dean of Gloucester, and Anne, widow of Thomas Andrews, St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, and dau. of Samuel Shute, Sheriff of London; bapt. 20 Feb 1694/5; at school under Freind (J. E. B. Mayor, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , ii, 209); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 May 1713, matr. 1713; migrated to Trinity Hall Oct 1718; LLB 1721; LLD 1726; Fellow of Trinity Hall from 16 Mar 1727/8; adm. Inner Temple 2 Mar 1715/6; unsuccessfully prosecuted a claim to the ancient English barony of Wahull; a benefactor to Trinity Hall; d. unm. 7 Oct 1733.

CHETWOODE, JOHN, son of Crewe Chetwoode, and Anna Maria, widow of Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Staffs. , and dau. of Allen Holford, Davenham, Cheshire; half-brother of Edward Sneyd (qv); b. ; at school under Markham (Alum. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 19 Nov 1758 (as Chetwood), aged 16, scholar 1760; BA 1762; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1762, priest 11 Jun 1762; Treasurer of Ross 11 Jun 1762 - res 27 Feb 1799; Rector and Vicar of Scull, co. Cork, 21 Feb 1767- Jun 1780; Precentor of Cork 21 Jun 1780-90, Prebendary of Cork from 18 Mar 1790, Vicar Choral of Cork from 27 Feb 1799; Rector of Rathcooney, co. Cork, from 1790; of Glenmire, co. Cork; m. 25 Oct 1769 Elizabeth, dau. of William Hamilton, Dublin; d. 13 Apr 1814.

CHETWYND, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left Whitsun 1767.

CHETWYND, ---; b.; in school list 1739.

CHETWYND, SIR GEORGE, BART., elder son of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart., MP, and Hannah Maria, eldest dau. of John Sparrow, Bishton Hall, Staffs.; b. 6 Sep 1809; adm. 22 Apr 1822; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1827; BA 1830; succ. father as 3rd baronet 24 May 1850; DL JP Warwickshire; m. 2 Aug 1843 Lady Charlotte Augusta Hill, eldest dau. of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquis of Downshire KP DCL; d. 24 Mar 1869.

CHETWYND, HON. WILLIAM, eldest son of William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 26 Jan 1753; in school list 1764; KS 1767; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 2 Mar 1772; Lieut. , 18 Jun 1775; Capt. , 46th Foot, 3 Dec 1776; served in North America 1777-8; probably the Chetwynd who, says Edward Nares, “us’d often to wait for me at the bottom of the school steps, and carry me up in his teeth, with my satchel of books at my back” (A Versatile Professor, 1903, 11); d. of fatigue after capture of St. Lucia, West Indies, Aug 1778.