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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.

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, 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.

CHOLMELEY, HENRY JAMES, third son of Montague Cholmeley, Easton Hall, Grantham, Lincs., and Sarah, sister of Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp (qv); b. 28 Oct 1776; adm.; KS 1792; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1796, matr. 25 May 1796, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1796 - Oct 1805, Faculty Student 31 Oct 1805 - void by marriage 17 Jun 1811; BA 1800; MA 1803; MB 1804; MD 1807; FRCP 25 Jun 1810, Censor 1814, 1824, 1834; Physician to Guy’s Hospital from 1811; practised in the City and East End of London; m. 11 Jun 1811 Eliza, third dau. of William Havard, South Lambeth, Surrey; d. 14 Jun 1837.

CHOLMONDELEY, HON. ROBERT, brother of George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt) 1678; d. 2 Feb 1678/9, aged 13. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in north aisle of nave.

CHOPE, CLEMENT ROBERT, eldest son of Rev. Robert Richard Chope, Vicar of St. Augustine’s, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, and Lucy Hannah, dau. of Dr Charles Carter, Ovington Square, Brompton; b. 29 Jun 1856; adm. (H) 22 Sep 1870; left Aug 1874; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 May 1875; BA 1878; ordained deacon 1880, priest 1881 (both Exeter); Curate, Ashburton, Devon, 1880-4, Clyst St. George, Devon, 1884-9, Overseal, Derbs., 1889-92; Rector of Combe Pyne, Devon, 1892-1905; Rector of Bridford, Devon, from 1905; m. 19 Feb 1884 Bessie Florence, youngest dau. of John Furneaux, Buckfastleigh, Devon, woollen manufacturer; d. 4 Jul 1914.

Chopra, Patrick Mohan, son of Paul Chopra, engineer, of New York, and Jacqueline Alfonsine Armadine, d. of Paul Roussel, engineer, of Sèvres, France; b. 3 Aug. 1953; adm. Sept. 1967 (G); left July 1971; m. Olgica Chopra; d. 5 Nov. 2002.