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CHILDE, EDWARD, son of Thomas Childe, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Sarah, eldest dau. of Sir Edward Acton, Bart., MP; b. 1 Jun 1700; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1715; KS 1716; left 1718; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1719; buried Acton Scott, Shropshire, 15 Feb 1726/7.

CHILDE, ARNOLD, eldest son of Arnold Childe, Sutton Court, Chiswick, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Weeks, Aldenham, Herts.; b.; adm. KS 1610 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 326); adm. Gray’s Inn 7 May 1623.

CHILD, WILLIAM GILBERT, son of William Child, Smith Street, Westminster; b. (Hamburg, Germany); adm. 1 Jul 1773; KS (aged 11) 1774; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1779, but never adm.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Feb 1777; Cornet, 21st Light Dragoons, 26 Dec 1778; Lieut., 26 Feb 1780; 23rd Dragoons, 24 Sep 1781; Capt. -Lieut., 19th Light Dragoons, Mar 1785; Maj., 13 Apr 1792; 25th Light Dragoons, 12 Jan 1797; Lieut. -Col. in Army 3 May 1796; ret. 19 Feb 1799; Barrack Master at Colchester, 1812, and at Chatham, 1816; m. 9 Sep 1803 Charlotte Delancey (IGI); d. 1821 (will proved PCC 2 Jun 1821).

CHILD, HENRY, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1588, matr. 17 Jan 1588/9, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1599; BA 1592; MA 1595; ordained; Rector of Arlington, Gloucs., 1599 [successor 1633 ?].

CHICHELEY, WILLIAM, third son of Adm. Sir John Chicheley, Kt MP, Wimpole, Cambs., and Isabella, widow of Daniel Norton, Southwick, Hants., and dau. of Vice-Adm. Sir John Lawson, Kt.; bapt. St. Giles in the Fields, London 15 Nov 1689; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1709, aged 18, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1710; BA 1712/3; MA 1716; Librarian, Trinity Coll. 10 Sep 1716 - res Dec 1716; ordained deacon and priest (Winchester) 23 Dec 1716; Rector of Widley, Hants., from 29 Dec 1716 [check]; Rector of Farlington, Hants., from 26 Sep 1726; d. 1737. [note will Rev. William Chicheley, Wymering, Hampshire, proved PCC 16 Jul 1739]

CHEYNE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Cheyne, Rector of Pertenhall, Beds., and Prebendary of Lincoln; b.; adm.; KS 1701; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1704, aged 18, matr. 1705; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1706, priest (London) 20 Mar 1708/9; Curate, St. Marylebone, Middlesex; [presumably Rector of Lilley, Herts., and father of Charles Cheyne and Francis Cheyne (qvv)]; d. 8 Sep 1755. [Perhaps Thomas Cheyne, son of Thomas Cheyne, and Ellen ---, bapt. Wooton, Beds. 4 Sep 1684 (IGI)]

CHETWYND, WILLIAM, only son of John Chetwynd (qv); b. ; in school list 1764; KS (aged 13) 1767; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, but did not reside; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 24 Jun 1771; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 1 Oct 1771; BA 1775; High Sheriff, co. Cork, 1783; m. 1783 Penelope, dau. of John Carleton, Woodside, co. Cork; killed in action with the Irish rebels, at Saintfield, co. Down, 11 Jun 1798.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM, 4TH VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 25 Nov 1721; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS 1733; left 1737; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Dec 1737; [perhaps William Richard Chetwynd who was an Under-Secretary of State Dec 1744- Apr 1748]; MP Stockbridge 1747-54; Equerry to George II 24 May 1758- Oct 1760; succ. father as 4th Viscount Chetwynd (I) 3 Apr 1770; disinherited by father; m. 19 Nov 1751 Susannah, youngest dau. of Sir Jonathan Cope, Bart, MP; d. 12 Nov 1791.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1715; adm. Middle Temple 8 Dec 1707, called to bar 7 May 1714; secretary to elder brother John when Envoy at Turin 1705-6, 1706-13; British Resident, Genoa, Jun 1708 - Mar 1711, Envoy Extraordinary there Mar 1711 - Feb 1713; MP Stafford 1715-22, Plymouth 1722-7, Stafford from 1734; a Lord of the Admiralty, 16 Apr 1717 - Aug 1727; Master of the Mint 29 Dec 1744 - 3 Jun 1769; succ. his brother as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (I) 21 Jun 1767; m. 1715 Honora, dau. of William Baker, Consul at Algiers; d. 3 Apr 1770. DNB.

CHETWYND, JOHN, youngest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 16 Nov 1723; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1732; KS 1738; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 - res 23 Dec 1747; migrated to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 31 Dec 1747; MA 1750; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; ordained priest (Winchester) 23 Oct 1748; Precentor of Cork from 15 May 1752; m. Judith Piggott; d. 1757.