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CHAMPNEYS, THOMAS WELDON, son of Samuel Champneys, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; nephew of Weldon Champneys (qv); b.; adm. 4 Feb 1782; BB; KS (aged 15) 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1792, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1792, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1793, matr. Mich. 1792; BA 1796; MA 1799; ordained; Minor Canon of Westminster 1800 (still 1829); Minor Canon of Windsor from 28 Feb 1803; Vicar of Sutton Courtenay, Berks., 8 Jul 1806, and of Upton cum Chalvey, Bucks., 3 Jul 1807 - Aug 1841; Vicar of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts., 11 Apr 1811-20; Rector of Cottisford, Oxfordshire, 10 Jun 1820 (still 1829); Vicar of Langley with Wraysbury, Bucks., 19 Feb 1821-9; Rector of Fulmer, Bucks., from 30 Dec 1823; m. 1st, 27 Dec 1799 Mary (with whom he eloped while tutoring her brother), sister of John Macnamara (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Jan 1825 Elizabeth (IGI), dau. of Rev. William Langford DD, Fellow of Eton Coll. and Canon of Windsor; d. 21 Dec 1841.

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.

CHAMPNEYS, FRANCIS THOMAS, son of Weldon Champneys (qv), and his second wife; b.; adm. 19 Jan 1786; KS (aged 13) 1790; practised as an attorney in London; m. 15 Jul 1801 (IGI) Charlotte, dau. of --- Silk, Halton Shields, Northumberland; d. 21 May 1805.

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, 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, Sir Stephen, brother of Roger Chapman (qv); b. 5 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1921; Capt. of the school 1925-6; left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb. (open schol.), matric. 1926, BA 1929 (1st class hons Class. Trip. pts 1 & 2), MA 1933; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1931 (1st class and cert. of honour, Bar final); SE Circuit; asst legal adviser Min. of Pensions 1939-46; QC 1955; Bar Council 1956, hon. treas. 1958, vice-chairman 1959-60; Recorder of Rochester 1959-61; Recorder of Cambridge 1961-3; Commissioner of Assize Winchester 1961; Bencher Inner Temple 1961; Leader of SE Circuit 1962; Judge of the Crown Court and Recorder of Liverpool 1963-6; Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Divn, 1966-81; Kt 1966; author of Statutes on the Law of Torts 1962; m. 1963 Pauline Frances, d. of Lieut.-Col. H. Allcard and widow of Dmitri de Lobel Niewiarowski; d. 23 Mar. 1991.

CHAMBERS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Chambers, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1690, matr. 12 Jul 1690, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1690 - void 1704.

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.

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.

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.