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Chapman, Sir Stephen, brother of Roger Chapman (qv); b. 5 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1921; Capt. of the school 1925-6; left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb. (open schol.), matric. 1926, BA 1929 (1st class hons Class. Trip. pts 1 & 2), MA 1933; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1931 (1st class and cert. of honour, Bar final); SE Circuit; asst legal adviser Min. of Pensions 1939-46; QC 1955; Bar Council 1956, hon. treas. 1958, vice-chairman 1959-60; Recorder of Rochester 1959-61; Recorder of Cambridge 1961-3; Commissioner of Assize Winchester 1961; Bencher Inner Temple 1961; Leader of SE Circuit 1962; Judge of the Crown Court and Recorder of Liverpool 1963-6; Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Divn, 1966-81; Kt 1966; author of Statutes on the Law of Torts 1962; m. 1963 Pauline Frances, d. of Lieut.-Col. H. Allcard and widow of Dmitri de Lobel Niewiarowski; d. 23 Mar. 1991.

CHARE, GEORGE, third son of John Chare, Wandsworth, Surrey; b. 12 Oct 1646; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1658-60; adm. 20 Jan 1660/1; a boarder; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1670, Tutor 1674; d. 27 Jan 1676/7. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel, Cambridge.

Charles, Lionel Tarn Selkirk, son of Selkirk Charles, of Croydon, Surrey, barrister-at-law; b. May 7, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; left April 1898; Hertford Coll. Oxon., scholar (classics); matric. Michaelmas 1910.

Charles, Samuel Davenport, younger son of Robert Fletcher Charles, of Highgate; a Vice­Principal of the Royal College of Preceptors, by Frances Dorothea, daughter of Robert Davenport, of Battunge, Echunga, S. Australia; b. Jan. 25, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; clerk in the Principal Probate Registry 1909; served in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1914-9, attached 10th Batt. Lincolnshire Regt. in France 1917-8; Capt. June 1, 1916; wounded April 14, 1918; M.C. Feb. 4, 1918; an executive officer National Savings Committee; a principal, Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1943; l. S. O. June 9, 1949; retired 1951; m. March 25, 1927, Gwynneth, youngest daughter of Joshua Thomas Allder, of Catford, Kent; d. Feb. 16, 1962.

Charlesworth, Michael Ian, son of Evandale Vernon Charlesworth, of Tulse Hill, and Gladys, d. of John George Draper, shoemaker, of Lincoln; b. 4 June 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1983; a management consult.; factory man. C. & J. Clark, shoemakers 1952-7; sen. consult. Urwick, Orr and Partners 1957-83, Sanders and Sidney Plc career consults. 1983-94; m. 22 June 1957 Dorothy, d. of Henry Dickson, of Portadown, co. Armagh, Northern Ireland; d. 2012.

CHARLETON, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in 1569; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571, adm. scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572; BA 1575/6.

CHARLTON, GEORGE, second son of George Charlton, Boxley, Kent, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Andrews, London; bapt. 15 Jan 1695; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1711; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1715, scholar 13 Apr 1716, matr. 1718; BA 1718/9; MA 1722; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1721, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1722; ordained priest (Ely) 22 Dec 1728; Vicar of Wateringbury, Kent, from 22 Dec 1729; d. 20 Dec 1734.

CHASE, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Chase, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr. 9 Jun 1762, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 - 22 Dec 1785, expiry year of grace as V. Staverton; BA 1766; MA 1769; BD 1777; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1769, priest 23 Dec 1770 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1778, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1780; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 18 Dec 1784; Rector of St. Martin’s, Birmingham, “for a few months”; Prebendary of Wells from 11 May 1797; d. 6 Jan 1815. [Presumably William Chase, son of Thomas Chase and Sarah ---, bapt. St. Peter le Poer, London, 21 Jul 1743 (IGI)].

CHAUNCY, CHARLES, fifth son of George Chauncy, Yardley Bury and New Place, Gilston, Herts., and his second wife Agnes, widow of Edward Humberstone, and dau. of Edward Welch, Great Wymondley, Herts.; bapt. 5 Nov 1592; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1609, adm. scholar 1610, matr. Easter 1610; 2nd in ordo 1613/4; BA 1613/4; MA 1617 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1619); BD 1624; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1614 - c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1626; Vicar of Ware, Herts., 27 Feb 1627 - 16 Oct 1633; Vicar of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants., 28 Aug 1633 - 28 Aug 1637; brought before Court of High Commission for neglect of church ceremonies in 1630 and 1634; submitted to Laud after some months’ imprisonment, 4 Feb 1635/6; emigrated to America in 1637, after writing a solemn “Retractation”; Assistant Minister, Plymouth, New England; Minister at Scituate, 1641-54; President, Harvard College, from 29 Nov 1654; published sermons and theological tracts; m. 17 Mar 1630 Catherine, dau. of Robert Eyre, Salisbury, Wilts., barrister; d. at Harvard 19 Feb 1671/2. DNB.