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Chisholm, Archibald Hugh Tennent, brother of Sir Henry Chisholm (qv); b. 17 Aug. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (A); left July 1921; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1921, BA 1925, MA 1962; Wall Stree Journal, New York, 1925-7; BP Co. (formerly Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) Iran and Kuwait 1928-36, Lond. 1945-72; Editor Financial Times 1937-40; Army Intell. Corps 1940-5 (Col.), despatches (Middle East) Apr. 1944; Cdr Roy. Crown of Rumania 1938, Legion d'Honneur 1939; CBE (mil.) Jan. 1946; FZS; m. 21 Oct. 1939 Josephine Mary Avis, d. of Joseph Ernest Goudge OBE JCS of Sand­wich, Kent; d. 22 Nov. 1992.

Chisholm, Henry, son of Hugh Chisholm, of Hampstead, Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Financial Editor of The Times, by Eliza Beatrix, daughter of Henry Harrison, of Ardkeen, co. Down; b. Oct. 17, 1900; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1914 (A); non-resident K.S. Sept. 1915; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1923; A. C. A. 1927; M.A.; F. C. A.; an accountant and financial consultant 1927-38; an executive of the Bowater­Lloyd Group 1938-44; member and chairman of Departmental Committees on Organization of Naval Supply Services, Admiralty, 1942-45; director and financial controller, Metal Box Co. Ltd., 1945-46; joint managing director, A. C. Cossor Ltd., 1947-60; chairman, Corby Development Corpn., since 1950; chairman, Ada (Halifax) Ltd., since 1961; president, London Flotilla, R. N. V. S. R., 1945-53; a governor of the school 1954; m. 1st May 27, 1925, Eve Christian Hyde, daughter of Robert Donald Hyde-Thomson, of Wellington College, Berks; 2nd July 31, 1940, Audrey Viva Hughes; 3rd 1956, Margaret Grace Stigter (nee Brantom); d. 20 July 1981.

Chisholm, John Richard Harrison, brother of Sir Henry Chisholm (qv); b. 27 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1929, MA 1943; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1932; Equity & Law Life Assur. Soc. 1933; Home Guard in WW2 (Maj.); FGA FRSA FZS MRI; private pilot's licence 1971; editor journal of Gemmology 1973-8 7; m. 1st 2 Apr. 1931 Helen, d. of Philip George Henry Gosse MD; 2nd 25 Feb. 1939 Marie-Louise Anne, d. of Felix Jean-Marie Garduit of Beaulieu, Alpes Maritimes, France; 3rd 24 Oct. 1981 Evelyn Mary Grice; d. 13 Nov. 1987.

CHITTICK, WALTER THOMAS, son of Henry Chittick MD, St. James’s, Piccadilly, Westminster, and Mary Smith, St. George’s, Hanover Square; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1769; left Whitsun 1773; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1775; BA 1781; MA 1782; MB 1783; MD 1795; m. 27 Apr 1796 Sarah Seger (IGI).

CHITTY, ABRAHAM, eldest son of Abraham Chitty, St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, brewer, director East India Company, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm.; KS 1689; left 1693/4; Trinity Hall, Camb., adm. pens. 5 Aug 1696, afterwards fellow commoner, matr. 1696; an East India merchant; buried St. Laurence Pountney, London 31 May 1724.

Chitty, Christopher, son of Herbert Chitty, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Mabel Agatha, daughter of the Rev. Edward Henry Bradby, D.D., sometime Head Master of Haileybury; b. June 18, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1912; Ball. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1919; M.A. 1922; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Hampshire Regt. Sept. 24, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; Capt.; served in Mesopotamia 1915-6, a prisoner of war after the fall of Kut 1916-8, with the Rhine Army of Occupation 1919; A. P. O. and asst. secretary in the Civil Administration of Iraq 1920-2; ordained 1924; Curate of St. Mary's, Ashford, Kent 1924; Curate of St. John Baptist, Margate, 1929-30; Chaplain to the Bishop in Egypt 1930-34; Rector of Sculthorpe, Norfolk, 1935-43; of Kessingland, Norfolk, 1943-51; d. May 11, 1953.

CHITTY, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Chitty, barrister and legal writer, and Elizabeth Woodward; b. 22 Feb 1796; adm. 9 Jan 1809; left 1811; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1813; a certificated special pleader 1822; author, Contracts, 1826, and other legal works; m. 7 Mar 1829 Sarah, third dau. of John Hardwick, Ford, near Sheffield, Yorks.; d. 10 Apr 1838. DNB (s. v. father).

Chitty, Richard Adrian Vaughan, son of Erik Chitty, actor, and Hester Vaughan, d. of Penry Vaughan Bevan DSc, Prof. of Physics, Roy. Holloway Coll.; b. 9 Jan. 1947; adm. Apr. 1960 (A); left July 1965; insurance broker, New Zealand; AIINZ 1974; m. 10 Feb. 1968 Margaret Edith Dick; d. 21 Mar. 2016.

CHOCKE, GEORGE, son of George Chocke, London; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1714; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1715, Hale Scholar.