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CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPHER, son of Christopher Chapman, Lay Vicar of the Abbey, and Chief Brewer to the College, and Melior ---; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 8 Jul 1647; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; in a petition to the Crown he complains that “he and other Westminster scholars were disappointed of their just expectations of fellowships . . . on account of pre-elections, which are unwarranted by statutes, and were forbidden by King James”, and begs “a letter for his admission to the next fellowship” (CSP Dom 1665/6, 141); d. 25 Mar 1675. Buried in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet near West Cloister door.

CHAPMAN, FREDERICK STOVIN, brother of John Chapman (adm. 1861, qv); b. 23 Jul 1849; adm. (G) 29 Sep 1861; left Whitsun 1864; Ensign, 21st Foot, 2 May 1868; Lieut., 27 Oct 1871; Capt., Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1 Oct 1880; Cameron Highlanders, 29 Oct 1881; Paymaster, 2nd batt., East Surrey Regt., 16 Oct 1884; reserve, on retired pay, 27 Jan 1888; served Egyptian War, 1882; d. 8 Feb 1904.

CHAPMAN, GEORGE WALTER, eldest son of George Chapman, Afon House, Mortlake, Surrey, land agent and auctioneer, and Lucy Weston (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1847; adm. 27 Sep 1860; QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1869, called to bar 7 Jun 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Assistant Receiver, Court of Bankruptcy, 1888-96, Senior Assistant Receiver 1896-9, an Official Receiver 1899-1912; m. 19 Sep 1888 Marion Patterson, third dau. of Frederic Sewell, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington; d. 5 Sep 1913.

Chapman, Gervaise Vance, son of Harold Ernest Chapman, Bank of England economist, and Lily, d. of Robert Hanna Vance of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; b. 10 July 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (A); left Apr. 1950; producer of award-winning corporate and commercial films in UK and abroad; dir. Tabard Productions; m. 4 Aug. 1956 Tessa Antonia Marguerite, d. of Lieut. -Cdr. R. P. C. O’Sullivan, Royal Navy; d. 10 May 2016.

Chapman, Guy Patterson, only son of George Walter Chapman (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1889; adm. as K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 24, 1903 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1908, matric. Michaelmas 1908 B.A. 1912; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. March 1, 1916; Major; mentioned in despatches L.G. May 23 and Dec. 27, 1918; M.C. April 2, 1919; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; London School of Economics 1933-5; 1st cl. B.Sc. (Econ.) 1935; a publisher 1920-40; Professor of Modern History, Leeds University, 1945-1953; Lieut. Army Educational Corps Jan. 16, 1941; Lieut.-Col. 1942; Commandant Army School of Edurntion 1942-5; author of Beckford (1937) and other works; m. 1st May 22, 1915, Doris Mary, younger daughter of Frederick Sennett, of Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, Beds; 2nd Feb. 1, 1926, Margaret Storm Jameson, Hon. D. Litt., writer, daughter of William Jameson; d. June 1972.

CHAPMAN, HENRY BREWER, son of Henry Samuel Chapman, London, newspaper editor and barrister, Judge of Supreme Court, New Zealand, and his first wife Catherine Brewer; b. 10 Apr 1841; adm. 6 Oct 1853 (James'); QS 1856; elected head to Trinity Coll Cambridge (with Triplett) 1860, adm. pens. 24 May 1860, matr. Lent 1861; LLB 1864; drowned in wreck of SS London, while on her passage to Australia, 11 Jan 1866.

Chapman, John Bellamy Wallis, son of John Wallis Chapman, of Maida Vale, London, by Clara Beatrice, daughter of John Chapman, of Paris; b. May 13, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; Mure Scholar 1887; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1889 (adm. pensr. April 30, 1889), entrance scholar; matric. March 3, 1889; 1st class (1st div.) Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1892; 2nd class, pt. 2, 1893; · B.A. 1892; M.A. 1896; Asst. Keeper (1st class) Public Record Office 1896; retired 1936.

Chapman, John Felix Salter, son of Stanley Salter Chapman FCA, of Chiswick, and Maud Jewell, d. of John Robertson Reep, solicitor; b. 29 Feb. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; AMICE 1939; RAOC 1940, transf. REME 1942 (Lieut.-Col.), MBE (Italy) June 1945; dir. Alderton Construction Co.; m. 23 July 1938 Audrey Clare, d. of John Henry Crisfield of Thames Ditton; d. June 1991

CHAPMAN, JOHN, sixth son of John Mellar Chapman, Elsworth Place, co. Durham, and Caroline Sarah, third dau. of Samuel Walter Parker, Scott’s House, co. Durham; b. 30 Mar 1847; adm. (G) 26 Sep 1861; left Whitsun 1864; practised successively as a solicitor and as a stockbroker; went out to Australia, where he became a fruit-grower; m. 28 Apr 1877 Edith Georgina, youngest dau. of Frederick Parbury, Lancaster Gate, London, Australian merchant.

Chapman, Oswald Cotton, son of Charles William Chapman, M. D., of London; by Mary, daughter of David Wedderspoon, of Perth; b. Sept. 7, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); exhibitioner 1899; non-resident Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1907; entered the Civil Service 1909, and became a clerk in the Public Record Office; Secretary Freight and Transport Section, Comm. Internat. de Ravitaillement; Raw Materials Section (British) Supreme Economic Council, Paris, and after Armistice in charge of the Paris Office of Ministry of Munitions; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; asst. principal Colonial Office from Aug. 18, 1923; retired from the Civil Service 1927 and held an appointment in the Interpretation Section of the League of Nations Secretariat until 1933; m. Sept. 14, 1924, Ruth Frances, daughter of Thomas Pae Hill, of Navan, co. Meath; d. July 21, 1934.