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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.

CHETHAM, ---; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); at school Midsummer 1792.

CHETWODE, E.; b.; adm.; at school 1802 (name up School with that date).

CHETWOOD, JOHN SHEFFIELD, son of Very Rev. Knightly Chetwood DD, Dean of Gloucester, and Anne, widow of Thomas Andrews, St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, and dau. of Samuel Shute, Sheriff of London; bapt. 20 Feb 1694/5; at school under Freind (J. E. B. Mayor, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , ii, 209); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 May 1713, matr. 1713; migrated to Trinity Hall Oct 1718; LLB 1721; LLD 1726; Fellow of Trinity Hall from 16 Mar 1727/8; adm. Inner Temple 2 Mar 1715/6; unsuccessfully prosecuted a claim to the ancient English barony of Wahull; a benefactor to Trinity Hall; d. unm. 7 Oct 1733.

CHETWOODE, JOHN, son of Crewe Chetwoode, and Anna Maria, widow of Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Staffs. , and dau. of Allen Holford, Davenham, Cheshire; half-brother of Edward Sneyd (qv); b. ; at school under Markham (Alum. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 19 Nov 1758 (as Chetwood), aged 16, scholar 1760; BA 1762; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1762, priest 11 Jun 1762; Treasurer of Ross 11 Jun 1762 - res 27 Feb 1799; Rector and Vicar of Scull, co. Cork, 21 Feb 1767- Jun 1780; Precentor of Cork 21 Jun 1780-90, Prebendary of Cork from 18 Mar 1790, Vicar Choral of Cork from 27 Feb 1799; Rector of Rathcooney, co. Cork, from 1790; of Glenmire, co. Cork; m. 25 Oct 1769 Elizabeth, dau. of William Hamilton, Dublin; d. 13 Apr 1814.

CHETWYND, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left Whitsun 1767.