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CHESTER, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Chester (adm. 1738/9, qv); b. 25 Oct 1770; adm. 3 Feb 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1788; of Chicheley Hall, Bucks.; MP Castle Rising 14 Jul 1794 - 1807; d. 11 Jun 1838.

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, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Chester, Briggins Park, Hunsdon, Herts., and Mary Thomas; b. 26 Feb 1738/9; adm. Jun 1751 (Porten's); in school list 1754; apprenticed to Richard Ivatt (qv), Six Clerks’ Office, 8 Aug 1755; a clerk in the Six Clerks’ Office; of Eversley, Hampshire, later of West Lavington, Wilts.; m. 24 Jun 1760 Hetty, eldest dau. of William de Billinghurst, Mitchen Hall, Peper Harow, Surrey; d. 28 Oct 1786.

CHESTER, JOHN, only son of Thomas Chester, Cheapside, London, linen draper, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Daniel Wigfall, London, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1716; left 1717; went to Eton Coll.; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1721, scholar 1 Jun 1722, matr. 1721; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1723/4; adm. solicitor 2 Dec 1730; m. 24 Aug 1738 his cousin Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir William Chester, Bart.; d. 2 Jan 1750/1.

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, eldest son of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 6 Oct 1800; adm. Midsummer 1813; left Whitsun 1816; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1819, matr. Mich. 1819; migr. to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Oct 1819; Assistant Master of the Ceremonies from 27 May 1818; d. unm. 20 Sep 1822.

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.

CHESTER, SAMUEL, eldest son of Edward Chester, Antigua, West Indies, merchant; bapt. 8 Sep 1706; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Sep 1720.