Chalk, Richard Seymour, son of the Rev. Edwin Spencer Chalk, Rector of Kentisbeare and Blackborough, Devon, by Loetitia Josephine, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Heald Ward, Rector of Silverton, Devon; b. April 6, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); K.S. Sept. 1920; left (with Triplett) July 1924; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., Junior Hulme Scholar; matric. Michaelmas 1924; B.A. 1928; M.A. 1933; a master at C. M. S. High School, Bhagalpur, 1929-32; ordained (Exeter) deacon 1932, priest 1933; Curate of King Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, 1932; C. M. S. Missionary and Chaplain of Bhagalpur, Bihar, 1937-51; Chaplain, Blundell's School, Tiverton, 1951-2; Priest-in-charge St. Philip's, Weston Mill, Devonport, 1952; Vicar 1955; Rector of Stoke Fleming, Devon, 1959; m. Feb. 24, 1959, Evelyn Mary, widow of William Ashton, of Wem, Salop, and elder daughter of Thomas Robert Guppy, of Coventry; d. 25 Apr. 1985.