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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.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM, only son of John Chetwynd (qv); b. ; in school list 1764; KS (aged 13) 1767; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, but did not reside; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 24 Jun 1771; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 1 Oct 1771; BA 1775; High Sheriff, co. Cork, 1783; m. 1783 Penelope, dau. of John Carleton, Woodside, co. Cork; killed in action with the Irish rebels, at Saintfield, co. Down, 11 Jun 1798.

CHEYNE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Cheyne, Rector of Pertenhall, Beds., and Prebendary of Lincoln; b.; adm.; KS 1701; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1704, aged 18, matr. 1705; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1706, priest (London) 20 Mar 1708/9; Curate, St. Marylebone, Middlesex; [presumably Rector of Lilley, Herts., and father of Charles Cheyne and Francis Cheyne (qvv)]; d. 8 Sep 1755. [Perhaps Thomas Cheyne, son of Thomas Cheyne, and Ellen ---, bapt. Wooton, Beds. 4 Sep 1684 (IGI)]

CHICHELEY, WILLIAM, third son of Adm. Sir John Chicheley, Kt MP, Wimpole, Cambs., and Isabella, widow of Daniel Norton, Southwick, Hants., and dau. of Vice-Adm. Sir John Lawson, Kt.; bapt. St. Giles in the Fields, London 15 Nov 1689; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1709, aged 18, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1710; BA 1712/3; MA 1716; Librarian, Trinity Coll. 10 Sep 1716 - res Dec 1716; ordained deacon and priest (Winchester) 23 Dec 1716; Rector of Widley, Hants., from 29 Dec 1716 [check]; Rector of Farlington, Hants., from 26 Sep 1726; d. 1737. [note will Rev. William Chicheley, Wymering, Hampshire, proved PCC 16 Jul 1739]

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.

Chick (subsequently Illingworth), Graham Illingworth, son of Alan Fairbank Chick FCA, of Ealing, and Elleleen, d. of Ernest William Gale of Hanwell; b. 7 Feb. 1937; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left Dec. 1954; called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn Feb. 1964; legal counsel to BP Co. 1967-90; abandoned surname of Chick 1973; d. 25 Feb. 2010.

Chicken, Bryan William Osman, son of William Osman Chicken, chartered sec., Esher, Surrey, and Sylvia Nellie Jenner, d. of Horace Leonard Jenner, engineer, Esher, Surrey; b. 10 Nov 1936; adm. May 1950 (A); left July 1955; NCO Queen’s Own Roy. West Kents 1955-7; Inst. of Chartered Accountants 1958-65, FCA; various managerial positions in British and American commercial and industrial companies; self-employed 1982; retd. 1996; d. 2 Jan. 2019.

Chidson, Lowthian Hume, son of Charles Richard Chidson, of Streatham, Surrey, by Norah, daughter of Frederick O'Melia, of Bath, Somerset; b. July 16, 1896; adm. as non-resident K.S. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); Mure Scholar 1912; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1914 (adm. sub-sizar Michaelmas 1914; senior scholar 1920), matric. Easter 1919; 1st class Classical Tripos, part 1, 1921; 2nd class Mod. Languages, part 1, 1922; B.A. 1921; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) East Surrey Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 11, 1915, attached Machine Gun Corps, Capt.; Major April 13, 1918; served in France May - Oct. 1915, and Macedonia Nov. 1915 - March 1919; mentioned in despatches; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; asst. in Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S. S.) Ltd.; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 16, 1926; practised at Singapore; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Batt. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1941; m. Dec. 14, 1927, Joyce Mary, daughter of the Rev. Christopher George Wilkinson, of Tasmania; d. Dec. 17, 1946.

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.