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CHALLENER, THOMAS; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1812.

Challis, Arthur Bracebridge, eldest son of Charles Edward Challis, of Brixton, Surrey, by Jane Alice Ellen, daughter of Edward Ledger Bracebridge, of London; b. March 1, 1872; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1888; adm. a solicitor June 1897; practised at Rochester, firm Hayward, Smith and Challis; served in the Queen's Westminster Volunteers 1900-2, and in the West Kent Yeomanry 1902-14, retiring with the rank of Sergeant in March 1914; 2nd Lieut. Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. May 1, 1915; temp. Major March 17, 1916, commanding the 2nd H. C. (Kent) Heavy Battery; went out to the western front in Dec. 1917, where he commanded the 133rd Heavy Battery R.G.A.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 23, 1918; killed in action at Agincourt, near Cambrai, Sept. 21, 1918; unm.

Challis, Lionel Stevenson, brother of Arthur Bracebridge Challis (q.v.); b. March 21, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (H); left April 1898; an electrical engineer; A. M. l. E. E.; joined the Queen's Westminster Volunteers in Nov. 1899; 2nd Lieut. April 8, 1904; Lieut. Dec. 11, 1905; Capt. Jan. 20, 1912; went out to the western front in June 1915 and was wounded at Hooge Aug. 9 following; was invalided home and employed in the War Office Jan. 1917 -Jan. 1922; T. D.; m. June 30, 1915, Eileen Clara, youngest daughter of Col. Arthur Walshman Owen, Bengal Staff Corps; d. Dec. 24, 1957.

CHALNCOMBE, GEORGE, son of Thomas Chalncombe, Combe Martin, Devon; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston (Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville & Caius Coll. , i, 287); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Feb 1628/9, aged 16, scholar Mich 1630 - Lady Day 1634, matr. Easter 1629; BA 1632/3; MA 1636.

CHALONER, EDWARD, son of Charles Chaloner, Buckinghamshire; b.; adm.; BB in 1659 and 1660 (Chapter Muniments 33694); Min. Can. (aged 14) 1661. [Probably = Edward Chaloner, adm. sizar, Queen’s Coll. Camb., 3 Jul 1665] [and perhaps Edward Chaloner, parish St. Margaret’s, Westminster, d. 11 Sep 1730, aged 84 (will proved PCC 17 Oct 1730), buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey]

CHALONER, JOHN, elder son of Robert Chaloner, Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, and Dorothy, sister of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. (adm. 1740, qv); b. 3 Jun 1765; adm. 18 Jan 1777; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1782, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1782 – void 26 Feb 1791 (expiry year of grace for V. Wirksworth from 2 Mar 1790); BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained; Vicar of Wirksworth, Derbs., 1790; Rector of Kirk Ireton, Derbs., 28 Jul 1809; Vicar of Wirksworth, Derbs., (again ?) 30 Sep 1809 (dispensation to hold with Kirk Ireton, 1809); Rector of Newton Kyme, Yorks., from 30 Jan 1815; Rector of Darrington, Yorks., from 1 May 1815; m. 12 Nov 1798 Augusta Anne, widow of Edward Vavasour, Weston Hall, Yorks., and younger dau. of Robert Sutton, Scofton, Notts.; d. 4 Nov 1830.

Chamberlain, Lawrence Beaumont, brother of Robert Ind Chamberlain (q.v.); b. May 23, 1875; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (G); left Dec. 1891; 2nd Lieut. Sherwood Foresters March 24, 1897; Lieut. April 23, 1898; Capt. June 2, 1902; retired Dec. 7, 1904; Dep. Asst. Director of Railway Transport Sept. 19, 1914; m. Feb. 12, 1901, Dorothy, elder daughter of Major Henry Russell Worthington, of Easton Lys, Rants; d. March 27, 1951.