CHOLMELEY, HENRY JAMES, third son of Montague Cholmeley, Easton Hall, Grantham, Lincs., and Sarah, sister of Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp (qv); b. 28 Oct 1776; adm.; KS 1792; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1796, matr. 25 May 1796, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1796 - Oct 1805, Faculty Student 31 Oct 1805 - void by marriage 17 Jun 1811; BA 1800; MA 1803; MB 1804; MD 1807; FRCP 25 Jun 1810, Censor 1814, 1824, 1834; Physician to Guy’s Hospital from 1811; practised in the City and East End of London; m. 11 Jun 1811 Eliza, third dau. of William Havard, South Lambeth, Surrey; d. 14 Jun 1837.

CHOLMONDELEY, HON. ROBERT, brother of George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt) 1678; d. 2 Feb 1678/9, aged 13. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in north aisle of nave.

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.

CHRISTIAN, ROBERT, of Hertfordshire; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1587, matr. 29 Nov 1588, aged 19, Westminster Student [check]; BA 1591; MA 1594; Canon commoner [sic : check], Christ Church, occurs 1597-1600.

Christie, Charles Henry, son of Lieut. -Cdr Charles Perowne Christie RN, of Chipping Ongar, Essex, and Caroline Stella, sister of Frank Palemon Dyson (qv); b. 1 Sept. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left Dec. 1942; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1943, matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1954; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ), despatches (Far East) June 1946; asst. master, Eton Coll. 1949-57; Under Master and Master of the Queen’s Scholars at the Sch. 1957-63; Headmaster Brighton Coll. 1963-71; Warden, St Edward’s Sch., Oxf. 1971-8; MA (Oxon. ) 1972; dir. of Studies, Roy. Naval Coll., Dartmouth 1978-86; visiting Prof. of Mathematics, US Naval Acad., Annapolis 1986-8; Prime Warden, Dyers’ Company 1983-4; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Naida Joan, d. of Frank Bentley, schoolmaster; d. 12 Apr. 1992.

Christie, Errol Blanchard, son of Charles Hayden Coffin Christie, actor, and Mamie Ella, d. of Hermann Cohn of Christchurch NZ; b. 11 Oct. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; fenced against Cambridge 1938-9, for Eng. Univs at Monte Carlo 1939; Min. of Home Security 1940-5; UNRRA Europe 1945-7; asst dir. Olympic Games Lond. 1948; captain British foil team in world fencing championships 1950; m. 9 Nov. 1946 Anne Rosemarie, d. of W. H. Lake of Khartoum; d. 19 May 1991.

Christopherson, Reginald Keith, son of Sidney Christopherson, by Ella Prudence Binford, daughter of Henry Binford Eyre, of Galway; b. June 26, 1896; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. of the Royal Highlanders Nov. 4, 1915; Lieut.; Capt. Sept. 3, 1917, employed Ministry of Nat. Service; admitted a member of the London Stock Exchange 1934

CHUFFE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

CHURCH, JOHN, son of John Church, Lay Vicar and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, and Elizabeth Wood, Boughton Aluph, Kent; b.; in school list 1715 [“probably a chorister”]; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1718; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - void 18 Aug 1736 (expiry year of grace as R. Boxford from 18 Sep 1735); BA 1727; MA 1730 (incorp. Cambridge 1732); ordained; Rector of Boxford, Suffolk, from 1735; Rector of Groton, Suffolk, from 1743; known as “Honest John Church” (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, i, 172); m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Martin, Barrards Hall, Whatfield, Suffolk; d. 27 Oct 1785.

CHURCH, RALPH, brother of John Church (qv); b. ; adm. ; in under school list 1716 [“probably a chorister”]; KS (aged 13) 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1725 - void 26 Nov 1736 (expiry year of grace as V. Pyrton), Tutor 1729-31; BA 1727; MA 1732; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1733, priest 4 Jun 1734 (both Oxford); Vicar of Pyrton, Oxfordshire, from 20 Nov 1735; Vicar of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, from 14 Nov 1748; edited Spenser’s Faery Queen, 1738; d. Apr 1787. DNB.