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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.

CHANDLER (or CANDLER), PHILIP, son of Rev. Matthias Chandler (alias Gillett), Vicar of Codenham, Suffolk, and Anne, dau. of Rev. Peter Devereux, Vicar of Rattlesden, Suffolk; bapt. 29 Oct 1629; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1647, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1647, scholar 1648, matr. Mich. 1650; BA 1650/1; MA 1654; ordained; Chaplain, Trinity Coll., 1653-8; Curate, St. Mary at Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk 1660, Vicar 4 Mar 1661; said to have been ejected for nonconformity 1662; Head Master, Woodbridge School, Suffolk, from 1670; Rector of Framlingham, Suffolk, from 1678; m. Deborah, dau. of Rev. Richard Golty, Rector of Framlingham, Suffolk; buried Woodbridge, Suffolk 6 Oct 1689.

Chandler, Colin Guy, brother of Hugh Brian Chandler (qv); b. 18 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left Apr. 1940; RN in WW2; lives in Australia.

Chandler, Hugh Brian, son of Guy Wills Chandler, bank official, of Sutton, Surrey, and Rose Madeleine, d. of Harry Williams Smith of Sutton; b. 7 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1938; Bartlett Sch. of Architecture, Lond., BA; ARIBA 1944, AMTPI 1948; asst to Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1945-8; Hening & Chitty 1949-50; Nat. Prov. Bank, arch. dept 1951-69, premises divn 1969-81; retd 1981; d. 1996

Chaning-Pearce, Thomas, son of Joseph Chaning-Pearce of Pinner, Middx, and Gladys Mary, d. of William Dunning Hayward of Broadstairs, Kent; b. 23 Sept. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (KS); Capt. of the school 1935-6; left July 1936; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939; private sec. to Minister of Supply 1939-45; Nat. Coal Board 1947, industr. relations dir. 1972-9; retd 1979; m. 11 July 1942 Pamela Hazel, d. of Brown William James FCIS, of Westgate, Kent; d.

Channon, Eric Herbert, son of Herbert Edward Channon, of Woodford, Essex, by Elizabeth, daughter of Alfred Sharpe, of Woodford; b. Jan. 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left July 1914; served in the Royal Flying Corps and the R.A.F. during Great War I; Lieut.; A. C. A. 1920; F. C. A. 1937; practised in London; m. 1st April 21, 1923, Mabel, eldest daughter of Arthur George Ashby, of Enfield, Middlesex; 2nd Feb. 2, 1937, Gwen, daughter of H. A. Barling, of Southampton.

CHAPLIN, CHARLES, brother of John Chaplin (qv); b. 27 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1748; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Oct 1748, matr. 1748; of Blankney, Lincs.; m. 14 Apr 1755 Elizabeth Thoroton, Screveton, Notts.

CHAPLIN, JOHN, elder son of Thomas Chaplin, Blankney, Lincs., and Diana, dau. of Andrew Archer MP, Umberslade, Warwicks., and sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1745; Grand Tour [since member Soc Dil]; of Blankney, Lincs.; MP Lincoln 1754-61, Stamford from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1750; m. 24 May 1757 Lady Elizabeth Cecil, fifth dau. of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter; d. 31 May 1764.

Chaplin, Theodoric, son of Holroyd Chaplin, of Kensington, solicitor, by Euphemia, daughter of Sir Allen Maclean, Kt.; great-grandson of Edward Chaplin (q.v.); b. Feb. 14, 1881; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (A); left April 1897; killed by a fall from a cliff at Hobart, Tasmania, Oct. 16, 1907.