CHURCH, JOHN, son of John Church, Lay Vicar and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, and Elizabeth Wood, Boughton Aluph, Kent; b.; in school list 1715 [“probably a chorister”]; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1718; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - void 18 Aug 1736 (expiry year of grace as R. Boxford from 18 Sep 1735); BA 1727; MA 1730 (incorp. Cambridge 1732); ordained; Rector of Boxford, Suffolk, from 1735; Rector of Groton, Suffolk, from 1743; known as “Honest John Church” (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, i, 172); m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Martin, Barrards Hall, Whatfield, Suffolk; d. 27 Oct 1785.

CHUFFE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Christie, Charles Henry, son of Lieut. -Cdr Charles Perowne Christie RN, of Chipping Ongar, Essex, and Caroline Stella, sister of Frank Palemon Dyson (qv); b. 1 Sept. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left Dec. 1942; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1943, matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1954; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ), despatches (Far East) June 1946; asst. master, Eton Coll. 1949-57; Under Master and Master of the Queen’s Scholars at the Sch. 1957-63; Headmaster Brighton Coll. 1963-71; Warden, St Edward’s Sch., Oxf. 1971-8; MA (Oxon. ) 1972; dir. of Studies, Roy. Naval Coll., Dartmouth 1978-86; visiting Prof. of Mathematics, US Naval Acad., Annapolis 1986-8; Prime Warden, Dyers’ Company 1983-4; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Naida Joan, d. of Frank Bentley, schoolmaster; d. 12 Apr. 1992.

CHRISTIAN, ROBERT, of Hertfordshire; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1587, matr. 29 Nov 1588, aged 19, Westminster Student [check]; BA 1591; MA 1594; Canon commoner [sic : check], Christ Church, occurs 1597-1600.

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.

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.

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.

Chippindale, John Christopher, son of Francis William Clement Chippindale, barrister, of Rottingdean, Sussex, and Muriel Noble, d. of Edward William Fairbairn Pain of Middleton, Sussex; b. 27 May 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948, MA 1958; an army officer; an author; creative dir. CPU Advertising Ltd. 1959-65; dir. Leo Burutt, Chicago, USA, 1971-84; partner GHC Advertising 1985-93; m. Jennifer Mary Anne, d. of Anthony Daniel Keith Peploe; d. Oct. 2010.

CHILDE, EDWARD, son of Thomas Childe, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Sarah, eldest dau. of Sir Edward Acton, Bart., MP; b. 1 Jun 1700; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1715; KS 1716; left 1718; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1719; buried Acton Scott, Shropshire, 15 Feb 1726/7.

CHILDE, ARNOLD, eldest son of Arnold Childe, Sutton Court, Chiswick, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Weeks, Aldenham, Herts.; b.; adm. KS 1610 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 326); adm. Gray’s Inn 7 May 1623.