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CHOLMONDELEY, THOMAS, third son of Charles Cholmondeley MP, Vale Royal, Cheshire, and Essex, dau. of Thomas Pitt MP, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; b. 24 Jun 1726; adm. Dec 1740; left 1743; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Jun 1743, matr. 1745; succeeded father in Vale Royal estates, 1756; MP Cheshire 28 Apr 1756-68; m. 29 Oct 1764 Dorothy, second dau. of Edmund Cowper, Overlegh, Cheshire; d. 2 Jun 1779.

CHOPE, BASIL STAFFORD, brother of Clement Robert Chope (qv); b. 30 Aug 1868; adm. 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1884; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888.

CHOPE, CLEMENT ROBERT, eldest son of Rev. Robert Richard Chope, Vicar of St. Augustine’s, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, and Lucy Hannah, dau. of Dr Charles Carter, Ovington Square, Brompton; b. 29 Jun 1856; adm. (H) 22 Sep 1870; left Aug 1874; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 May 1875; BA 1878; ordained deacon 1880, priest 1881 (both Exeter); Curate, Ashburton, Devon, 1880-4, Clyst St. George, Devon, 1884-9, Overseal, Derbs., 1889-92; Rector of Combe Pyne, Devon, 1892-1905; Rector of Bridford, Devon, from 1905; m. 19 Feb 1884 Bessie Florence, youngest dau. of John Furneaux, Buckfastleigh, Devon, woollen manufacturer; d. 4 Jul 1914.

CHOPE, HERBERT IRONS, brother of Clement Richard Chope (qv); b. 19 Apr 1861; adm. 23 Jan 1873; left Aug 1878; m. 21 Aug 1883 Ethel Gwynne, dau. of Rev. George Philipps, Rector of Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset; d. at Singapore 17 Jan 1906, from effects of a carriage accident.

Chope, Leonard Augustine, brother of Clement Robert Chope (q.v.); b. Oct. 16, 1870; adm. June 12, 1884; left Dec. 1886; head master of a preparatory school on Putney Hill 1907; m. April 20, 1904, Ida, eldest daughter of J. G. Mair-Rumley, C. E., of Udimore, Sussex. d. Nov. 20, 1945.

Chopra, Patrick Mohan, son of Paul Chopra, engineer, of New York, and Jacqueline Alfonsine Armadine, d. of Paul Roussel, engineer, of Sèvres, France; b. 3 Aug. 1953; adm. Sept. 1967 (G); left July 1971; m. Olgica Chopra; d. 5 Nov. 2002.

CHOVET, JACOB; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1716; left 1716.

CHOWNE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Chowne, Alfriston, Sussex, and Phoebe, youngest dau. of William Westbrook, Ferring, Sussex; bapt. Alfriston, Sussex 19 Dec 1713; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1724; in school list 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1731; adm. Inner Temple 20 Apr 1730; FSA 17 Dec 1772; m. 11 Oct 1740 Mary, sister of John Tilson (qv); d. 16 Apr 1788.