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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.

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.

CHETWYND, RICHARD WALTER, 6TH VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), only son of Richard Chetwynd, 5th Viscount Chetwynd (I), and Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Cartwright, Aynho, Northants; grandson of William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 13 Dec 1800; adm. Christmas 1813; in school list Oct 1814; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 29 Jan 1818; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards, 28 Feb 1822; retd. 20 Nov 1822; succ. father as 6th Viscount Chetwynd (I), 27 Feb 1821; m. 1st, 29 Aug 1822 Mary, dau. of Robert Moss, and niece of Right Rev. Charles Moss DD, Bishop of Oxford; m. 2nd, 24 Sep 1861 Mary, dau. of John Hussey, Recorder of Lyme Regis; d. 6 Dec 1879.

CHETWYND, THOMAS, second son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 2 Feb 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Mar 1727/8; left 1733; d. at sea.

CHETWYND, WALTER, 1ST VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of John Chetwynd MP, Ingestre, Staffs., and Lucy, dau. of Thomas Roane, Tolhurst Farm, Merstham, Surrey; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 3 Jun 1678 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1693; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1696; of Ingestre, Staffs.; MP Stafford 26 Dec 1702-10, 24 Jan 1712-22, 4 Feb 1725-34; Master of the Buckhounds to Prince George of Denmark and Queen Anne 13 Jun 1709 - Jun 1711; Ranger of St. James’s Park and Keeper of the Mall 1714-27; created Viscount Chetwynd (I) 29 Jun 1717; High Steward of Stafford, 1717; Thomas Newton (qv) relates a curious story of Chetwynd’s “alarming illness”, which was cured by his drinking some small beer after some 750 guineas had been wasted in medical advice (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, i, 33); m. 27 May 1703 Hon. Mary Berkeley, Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, eldest dau. of John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge; d. 21 Feb 1735/6. [presumably Paymaster of Pensions 18 Mar 1718 – May 1731 ?]

CHETWYND, WILLIAM HENRY, brother of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart (qv); b. 14 Sep 1812; adm. 17 Jan 1827 (G); Cornet, 7th Hussars, 2 Nov 1830; Lieut., 15 Jun 1832; retd. 12 Aug 1834; of Longdon Hall, Staffs.; DL JP Staffordshire; m. 1st, 15 Aug 1854 (div. 1865) Blanche, eldest dau. of Hon. and Rev. Arthur Talbot, Rector of Ingestre, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 7 Dec 1875 Mary, third dau. of James Parkin, Grove Park, Wrexham, Denbighshire; d. 5 Jul 1890.