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.
CHETWYND, WALTER, 1ST VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of John Chetwynd MP, Ingestre, Staffs., and Lucy, dau. of Thomas Roane, Tolhurst Farm, Merstham, Surrey; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 3 Jun 1678 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1693; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1696; of Ingestre, Staffs.; MP Stafford 26 Dec 1702-10, 24 Jan 1712-22, 4 Feb 1725-34; Master of the Buckhounds to Prince George of Denmark and Queen Anne 13 Jun 1709 - Jun 1711; Ranger of St. James’s Park and Keeper of the Mall 1714-27; created Viscount Chetwynd (I) 29 Jun 1717; High Steward of Stafford, 1717; Thomas Newton (qv) relates a curious story of Chetwynd’s “alarming illness”, which was cured by his drinking some small beer after some 750 guineas had been wasted in medical advice (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, i, 33); m. 27 May 1703 Hon. Mary Berkeley, Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, eldest dau. of John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge; d. 21 Feb 1735/6. [presumably Paymaster of Pensions 18 Mar 1718 – May 1731 ?]
Chetwynd, William Richard, ca. 1684-1770
CHETWYND, WILLIAM RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1715; adm. Middle Temple 8 Dec 1707, called to bar 7 May 1714; secretary to elder brother John when Envoy at Turin 1705-6, 1706-13; British Resident, Genoa, Jun 1708 - Mar 1711, Envoy Extraordinary there Mar 1711 - Feb 1713; MP Stafford 1715-22, Plymouth 1722-7, Stafford from 1734; a Lord of the Admiralty, 16 Apr 1717 - Aug 1727; Master of the Mint 29 Dec 1744 - 3 Jun 1769; succ. his brother as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (I) 21 Jun 1767; m. 1715 Honora, dau. of William Baker, Consul at Algiers; d. 3 Apr 1770. DNB.
CHETWYND, WILLIAM, 4TH VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 25 Nov 1721; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS 1733; left 1737; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Dec 1737; [perhaps William Richard Chetwynd who was an Under-Secretary of State Dec 1744- Apr 1748]; MP Stockbridge 1747-54; Equerry to George II 24 May 1758- Oct 1760; succ. father as 4th Viscount Chetwynd (I) 3 Apr 1770; disinherited by father; m. 19 Nov 1751 Susannah, youngest dau. of Sir Jonathan Cope, Bart, MP; d. 12 Nov 1791.
CHICHESTER, ARTHUR, 1ST MARQUIS OF DONEGAL (I), eldest son of Hon. John Chichester MP (I), Abinger, Surrey, and Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Jun 1739; adm. Jun 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Donegal (I) 30 Sep 1757; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1757; MA 1759; DCL 7 Jul 1763; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Sep 1768; of Fisherwick Park, Staffs.; MP Malmesbury 1768-74; created Baron Fisherwick (GB) 3 Jul 1790 and Marquis of Donegal (I) 27 Jun 1791; m. 1st, 16 Nov 1761 Lady Anne Hamilton, dau. of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (S) KT; m. 2nd, 25 Oct 1788 Charlotte, widow of Thomas Moore, Barne, co. Tipperary, and dau. of Conway Spencer, Tremary, co. Down; m. 3rd, 12 Oct 1790 Barbara, dau. of Rev. Luke Godfrey LLD, Rector of Midleton, co. Cork; d. 5 Jan 1799.
CHICHESTER, HON. JOHN, brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquis of Donegal (qv); b. 26 Dec 1740; adm. Jun 1751 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1759; MP (I) Belfast 1761-8, Carrickfergus 1769-76; d. unm. 6 Feb 1783.
CHILD, FRANCIS, son of Samuel Child MP, Osterley, Middlesex, banker, and Agatha, dau. of Mileson Edgar; b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1743/4 (Stephens'); in school list 1752; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1753; MA 1757; DCL 8 Jul 1763; member firm Child & Co., bankers, Temple Bar, Fleet Street, London; MP Bishop’s Castle from 1761; d. 23 Sep 1763.
CHILD, ROBERT, brother of Francis Child (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1746/7 (Stephens'); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1758, aged 18; member firm Child & Co., bankers, from 1760; MP Wells from 15 Jan 1766; of Osterley Park, Middlesex; FSA 18 Nov 1778; m. 6 Oct 1763 Sarah, dau. of Paul Jodrell, Wraysbury, Middlesex; d. 28 Jul 1782.
CHOLMONDELEY, GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY, son of Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley, and Elizabeth, second dau. of George Cradock, Caverswall Castle, Staffs.; b.; at school under Busby (DNB); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Sep 1680; DCL 9 Nov 1695; adm. Inner Temple 1680; Cornet, Independent Troop of Horse, 20 Jun 1685; Capt., Lord Dover’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Sep 1685; Queen Consort’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Jun 1686; Maj., 16 Nov 1687; joined Earl of Devonshire at Nottingham in support of William of Orange, 1688; Lieut. -Col., 1st Troop of Life Guards, at battle of the Boyne, 1690; distinguished himself at battle of Steinkirk, 1692; Col., 1st Troop Horse Guards, 4 Oct 1693 (on its formation); Brig. -Gen. of the Horse, 17 Jan 1697; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1702; Lieut. -Gen. of the Horse, 1 Jan 1703/4; Col., 3rd Troop, Horse Guards, 11 Feb 1714/5; General of the Horse, 1 Mar 1727; MP Newton Mar 1689/90 - Oct 1695; a Groom of the Bedchamber to William III c. Jan 1692 - Mar 1702; created Baron Newborough (I) 15 Mar 1714/5 and Baron Newburgh (GB) 2 Jul 1716; succ. brother as 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (GB) 18 Jan 1724/5; Lord Lieut., Cheshire, from 7 Apr 1725; Lord Lieut., North Wales, from 7 Apr 1725; Governor of Guernsey from Oct 1732; FRS 9 Jun 1615; reputed author of Verses and a Pastoral, spoken in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 21 May 1683, printed in Examen Poeticum, 1693; m. Anna Elisabeth, dau. of Aelbert van Ruytenburgh, Ghent, Flanders; d. 7 May 1733. DNB.
Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1726-1779
CHOLMONDELEY, THOMAS, third son of Charles Cholmondeley MP, Vale Royal, Cheshire, and Essex, dau. of Thomas Pitt MP, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; b. 24 Jun 1726; adm. Dec 1740; left 1743; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Jun 1743, matr. 1745; succeeded father in Vale Royal estates, 1756; MP Cheshire 28 Apr 1756-68; m. 29 Oct 1764 Dorothy, second dau. of Edmund Cowper, Overlegh, Cheshire; d. 2 Jun 1779.