Channon, Eric Herbert, son of Herbert Edward Channon, of Woodford, Essex, by Elizabeth, daughter of Alfred Sharpe, of Woodford; b. Jan. 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left July 1914; served in the Royal Flying Corps and the R.A.F. during Great War I; Lieut.; A. C. A. 1920; F. C. A. 1937; practised in London; m. 1st April 21, 1923, Mabel, eldest daughter of Arthur George Ashby, of Enfield, Middlesex; 2nd Feb. 2, 1937, Gwen, daughter of H. A. Barling, of Southampton.

CHAPLIN, CHARLES, brother of John Chaplin (qv); b. 27 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1748; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Oct 1748, matr. 1748; of Blankney, Lincs.; m. 14 Apr 1755 Elizabeth Thoroton, Screveton, Notts.

CHAPLIN, JOHN, elder son of Thomas Chaplin, Blankney, Lincs., and Diana, dau. of Andrew Archer MP, Umberslade, Warwicks., and sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1745; Grand Tour [since member Soc Dil]; of Blankney, Lincs.; MP Lincoln 1754-61, Stamford from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1750; m. 24 May 1757 Lady Elizabeth Cecil, fifth dau. of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter; d. 31 May 1764.

Chaplin, Theodoric, son of Holroyd Chaplin, of Kensington, solicitor, by Euphemia, daughter of Sir Allen Maclean, Kt.; great-grandson of Edward Chaplin (q.v.); b. Feb. 14, 1881; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (A); left April 1897; killed by a fall from a cliff at Hobart, Tasmania, Oct. 16, 1907.

CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPHER, son of Christopher Chapman, Lay Vicar of the Abbey, and Chief Brewer to the College, and Melior ---; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 8 Jul 1647; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; in a petition to the Crown he complains that “he and other Westminster scholars were disappointed of their just expectations of fellowships . . . on account of pre-elections, which are unwarranted by statutes, and were forbidden by King James”, and begs “a letter for his admission to the next fellowship” (CSP Dom 1665/6, 141); d. 25 Mar 1675. Buried in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet near West Cloister door.

CHAPMAN, FREDERICK STOVIN, brother of John Chapman (adm. 1861, qv); b. 23 Jul 1849; adm. (G) 29 Sep 1861; left Whitsun 1864; Ensign, 21st Foot, 2 May 1868; Lieut., 27 Oct 1871; Capt., Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1 Oct 1880; Cameron Highlanders, 29 Oct 1881; Paymaster, 2nd batt., East Surrey Regt., 16 Oct 1884; reserve, on retired pay, 27 Jan 1888; served Egyptian War, 1882; d. 8 Feb 1904.

CHAPMAN, GEORGE WALTER, eldest son of George Chapman, Afon House, Mortlake, Surrey, land agent and auctioneer, and Lucy Weston (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1847; adm. 27 Sep 1860; QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1869, called to bar 7 Jun 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Assistant Receiver, Court of Bankruptcy, 1888-96, Senior Assistant Receiver 1896-9, an Official Receiver 1899-1912; m. 19 Sep 1888 Marion Patterson, third dau. of Frederic Sewell, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington; d. 5 Sep 1913.

Chapman, Gervaise Vance, son of Harold Ernest Chapman, Bank of England economist, and Lily, d. of Robert Hanna Vance of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; b. 10 July 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (A); left Apr. 1950; producer of award-winning corporate and commercial films in UK and abroad; dir. Tabard Productions; m. 4 Aug. 1956 Tessa Antonia Marguerite, d. of Lieut. -Cdr. R. P. C. O’Sullivan, Royal Navy; d. 10 May 2016.

Chapman, Guy Patterson, only son of George Walter Chapman (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1889; adm. as K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 24, 1903 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1908, matric. Michaelmas 1908 B.A. 1912; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. March 1, 1916; Major; mentioned in despatches L.G. May 23 and Dec. 27, 1918; M.C. April 2, 1919; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; London School of Economics 1933-5; 1st cl. B.Sc. (Econ.) 1935; a publisher 1920-40; Professor of Modern History, Leeds University, 1945-1953; Lieut. Army Educational Corps Jan. 16, 1941; Lieut.-Col. 1942; Commandant Army School of Edurntion 1942-5; author of Beckford (1937) and other works; m. 1st May 22, 1915, Doris Mary, younger daughter of Frederick Sennett, of Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, Beds; 2nd Feb. 1, 1926, Margaret Storm Jameson, Hon. D. Litt., writer, daughter of William Jameson; d. June 1972.

CHAPMAN, HENRY BREWER, son of Henry Samuel Chapman, London, newspaper editor and barrister, Judge of Supreme Court, New Zealand, and his first wife Catherine Brewer; b. 10 Apr 1841; adm. 6 Oct 1853 (James'); QS 1856; elected head to Trinity Coll Cambridge (with Triplett) 1860, adm. pens. 24 May 1860, matr. Lent 1861; LLB 1864; drowned in wreck of SS London, while on her passage to Australia, 11 Jan 1866.