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CHILD, WILLIAM GILBERT, son of William Child, Smith Street, Westminster; b. (Hamburg, Germany); adm. 1 Jul 1773; KS (aged 11) 1774; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1779, but never adm.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Feb 1777; Cornet, 21st Light Dragoons, 26 Dec 1778; Lieut., 26 Feb 1780; 23rd Dragoons, 24 Sep 1781; Capt. -Lieut., 19th Light Dragoons, Mar 1785; Maj., 13 Apr 1792; 25th Light Dragoons, 12 Jan 1797; Lieut. -Col. in Army 3 May 1796; ret. 19 Feb 1799; Barrack Master at Colchester, 1812, and at Chatham, 1816; m. 9 Sep 1803 Charlotte Delancey (IGI); d. 1821 (will proved PCC 2 Jun 1821).

CHILD, HENRY, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1588, matr. 17 Jan 1588/9, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1599; BA 1592; MA 1595; ordained; Rector of Arlington, Gloucs., 1599 [successor 1633 ?].

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]

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)]

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.

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 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, JOHN, youngest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 16 Nov 1723; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1732; KS 1738; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 - res 23 Dec 1747; migrated to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 31 Dec 1747; MA 1750; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; ordained priest (Winchester) 23 Oct 1748; Precentor of Cork from 15 May 1752; m. Judith Piggott; d. 1757.

CHETWYND, HON. WILLIAM, eldest son of William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 26 Jan 1753; in school list 1764; KS 1767; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 2 Mar 1772; Lieut. , 18 Jun 1775; Capt. , 46th Foot, 3 Dec 1776; served in North America 1777-8; probably the Chetwynd who, says Edward Nares, “us’d often to wait for me at the bottom of the school steps, and carry me up in his teeth, with my satchel of books at my back” (A Versatile Professor, 1903, 11); d. of fatigue after capture of St. Lucia, West Indies, Aug 1778.

CHESTER, ROBERT, third son of Sir Robert Chester, Kt, Royston, Herts., and Anne, dau. of Sir Henry Capel, Little Hadham, Herts.; b.; adm.; KS 16 Nov 1610; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. pens. 1615 ?, scholar 1616, matr. Lent 1615/6; BA 1619/20; MA 1623 (incorp. Oxford, 12 Jul 1623); DD 1636; ordained; Rector of Stevenage, Herts., from 19 Dec 1629; Rector of Hinxworth, Herts., 1637-9; Rector of Graveley, Herts.; d. 6 Apr 1664, aged 67.