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CHESTER, CHARLES, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 31 Dec 1768; adm. 5 Jun 1776; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 - res 20 Jul 1789; migrated to Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 18 Jun 1791, matr. Lent 1792; LLB 1795; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1792, priest 24 Feb 1793 (both Norwich); Curate, Swaffham, Cambs., 1792; Rector of Rousham, Oxfordshire, 29 Nov 1803-14; Rector of Ayot St. Peter, Herts., 22 May 1803 (still 1829); Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 25 Feb 1814; m. Catherine, dau. of Ven. John Roberts, Archdeacon of Merioneth; d. 19 May 1837.

CHESTER, HARRY ROBERT, son of Harry Chester (adm. 1820, qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Mar 1840; at Highgate Sch. Jan 1849 - Jun 1852; adm. (G) 10 Jun 1852; QS 30 Mar 1855; d. 4 Dec 1855.

CHESTER, HARRY, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 10 Aug 1770; adm. 23 Jan 1778; Min. Can. 1784; KS 1785; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 14 May 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Apr 1793; Adjutant, 9 Dec 1795; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 Jan 1799; Col. in the Army, 25 Oct 1809; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812; served in Flanders and in the Peninsular War; m. 3 Sep 1799 Harriet, youngest dau. of Gen. Sir Henry Clinton KB MP; d. 5 Jan 1821.

CHESTER, HARRY, youngest son of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 1 Oct 1806; at Charterhouse Sch. 1815-9; adm. 10 Jan 1820 (Best's); KS 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825, matr. Mich. 1824; a Clerk in the Privy Council Office May 1826 - 31 Dec 1858; Assistant Secretary to Committee of Privy Council on Education 1840-58; JP Middlesex; author, Spain and Portugal, 1834, and of books on education; m. 1st, 2 Sep 1837 Anne Maria, only dau. of Robert Isherwood, Highgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 24 Mar 1856 Henrietta Mary, dau. of George Goff; d. 5 Oct 1868.

CHESTER, SIR ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Chester, Middle Temple, and Harriott, dau. of Charles Adelmare Caesar; b. 5 Jan 1768; adm. 6 Feb 1775; KS 1782; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1786, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1786; BA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 15 Jan 1789; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to George III, 20 Feb 1794 - Apr 1797; Groom of Privy Chamber 19 Oct 1797 - Jul 1798; Extra Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber 25 Feb 1796 - Jul 1798, Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber 29 Jul 1798 - May 1818; Assistant Master of the Ceremonies 16 Dec 1796 - May 1818, Master of the Ceremonies 27 May 1818 - Dec 1846; knighted 5 Jun 1818; of Bush Hall, Herts.; Lieut. -Col. Hertfordshire Militia, DL JP Hertfordshire; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1794; m. 10 Oct 1797 Eliza, third dau. of John Ford, Sproughton, Suffolk; d. 12 Aug 1848.

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.

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, 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, 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.