CHAMPION, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1725/6; in school list 1731.
CHAMPNES, WILLIAM HENRY; b.; adm. 30 Jun 1788; chorister.
Champness, Kenneth Edward, son of Henry Robert Champness, M.V.O., asst. director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty, by Susan Augusta, daughter of Charles R. Quiller, of Chelsea; b. Aug. 11, 1896, adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1913; temp. 20d Lieut. Royal Marine Light Infantry Oct. 7, 1915; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1916; served in France and Belgium 1917; invalided.
Champness, Norman Creswick, son of Edward Coulter Champness, of Wandsworth Common, Surrey, by Ada Evelyn, daughter of John Epworth Thompson, of Sefton Park, Liverpool; b. March 26, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1913; was articled to a solicitor but joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Dorset Regt. Feb. 22, 1915; Lieut. 4th Batt. July 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia and was wounded at Sann-y-at April 22, 1916; A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland 1918-9; Lloyds insurance broker 1920; underwriting member of Lloyds 1952; director, Retirement Advisory Bureau, Inst. of Directors, 1962; m. June 6, 1922, Ida Evelyn Mary, only daughter of Sidney Gorringe Poynter, of Claygate, Surrey; d. 1966.
CHAMPNEYS, FRANCIS THOMAS, son of Weldon Champneys (qv), and his second wife; b.; adm. 19 Jan 1786; KS (aged 13) 1790; practised as an attorney in London; m. 15 Jul 1801 (IGI) Charlotte, dau. of --- Silk, Halton Shields, Northumberland; d. 21 May 1805.
CHAMPNEYS, JOHN WELDON, eldest son of Weldon Champneys (qv), and his first wife; bapt. 25 Jun 1769; adm. 30 May 1777; went to Eton Coll. (KS there 1781); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jul 1787, aged 18; BA 1791; ordained; m. 1st, 5 Oct 1797 Mary Brathwaite (IGI); m. 2nd, 13 Oct 1801 Martha Merriman (IGI). [perhaps Vicar of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts., 10 Aug 1794-1811, but was this his father ?].
CHAMPNEYS, THOMAS WELDON, son of Samuel Champneys, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; nephew of Weldon Champneys (qv); b.; adm. 4 Feb 1782; BB; KS (aged 15) 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1792, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1792, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1793, matr. Mich. 1792; BA 1796; MA 1799; ordained; Minor Canon of Westminster 1800 (still 1829); Minor Canon of Windsor from 28 Feb 1803; Vicar of Sutton Courtenay, Berks., 8 Jul 1806, and of Upton cum Chalvey, Bucks., 3 Jul 1807 - Aug 1841; Vicar of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts., 11 Apr 1811-20; Rector of Cottisford, Oxfordshire, 10 Jun 1820 (still 1829); Vicar of Langley with Wraysbury, Bucks., 19 Feb 1821-9; Rector of Fulmer, Bucks., from 30 Dec 1823; m. 1st, 27 Dec 1799 Mary (with whom he eloped while tutoring her brother), sister of John Macnamara (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Jan 1825 Elizabeth (IGI), dau. of Rev. William Langford DD, Fellow of Eton Coll. and Canon of Windsor; d. 21 Dec 1841.
CHAMPNEYS, THOMAS, brother of Weldon Champneys (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748, chorister; KS 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, matr. 1759; BA 1762; MA 1768; ordained priest (London) 19 Sep 1762; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s from 22 Dec 1764; Vicar of Mucking, Essex, from 28 Jan 1772; Minor Canon of Windsor from 24 Apr 1781; d. 17 May 1782.
CHAMPNEYS, WELDON, son of Thomas Champneys, London, and Mary, dau. of John Weldon, Organist of the Chapel Royal, and composer; b. 24 Apr 1736; probably “Chamnes” in school list 1743; at school 1745; KS 1751; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. 1757; BA 1760; MA 1767; ordained deacon (London) 2 Mar 1760, priest 1 Jun 1760; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s from 23 May 1760, Junior Cardinal 17 Feb 1776, Senior Cardinal 1 Nov 1790, Sub-Dean from 15 Dec 1797; Minor Canon of Westminster; Minor Canon of Windsor from 24 Feb 1778; Rector of Kensworth, Herts. , 24 Dec 1765-7; Vicar of Cardington, Beds. , 1767-95; Vicar of Deeping St. James, Lincs. , from 1777; Vicar of Ruislip, Middlesex, 25 Aug 1778-94; Rector of Langton Hills, Essex, 1792-7;Vicar of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts. , from 1794; Vicar of St. Pancras, London, from 21 Jan 1797; m. 1st, 16 Mar 1761, Amy, dau. of Thomas Baildon, Vicar Choral of St. Paul’s; m. 2nd, 5 Apr 1774 (IGI) Frances Porter; d. 26 Oct 1810.