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.

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.

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.

CHAMPNEYS, WELDON, son of Thomas Champneys, London, and Mary, dau. of John Weldon, Organist of the Chapel Royal, and composer; b. 24 Apr 1736; probably “Chamnes” in school list 1743; at school 1745; KS 1751; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. 1757; BA 1760; MA 1767; ordained deacon (London) 2 Mar 1760, priest 1 Jun 1760; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s from 23 May 1760, Junior Cardinal 17 Feb 1776, Senior Cardinal 1 Nov 1790, Sub-Dean from 15 Dec 1797; Minor Canon of Westminster; Minor Canon of Windsor from 24 Feb 1778; Rector of Kensworth, Herts. , 24 Dec 1765-7; Vicar of Cardington, Beds. , 1767-95; Vicar of Deeping St. James, Lincs. , from 1777; Vicar of Ruislip, Middlesex, 25 Aug 1778-94; Rector of Langton Hills, Essex, 1792-7;Vicar of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts. , from 1794; Vicar of St. Pancras, London, from 21 Jan 1797; m. 1st, 16 Mar 1761, Amy, dau. of Thomas Baildon, Vicar Choral of St. Paul’s; m. 2nd, 5 Apr 1774 (IGI) Frances Porter; d. 26 Oct 1810.

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.

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.

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.

CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM FREDERICK, eldest son of William Chambers, EICS Bengal, Oriental scholar, and Charity, dau. of Sir Thomas Fraser, Balmain, Inverness-shire [or Thomas Fraser MD, Antigua ?]; b. 10 Oct 1786; adm.; KS 1800; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1804, adm. pens. 12 May 1804, scholar 26 Apr 1805, matr. Mich. 1804; BA 1808; MA 1811; Lic. Med. 1814; MD 1818; Members’ (Second) Prize for Senior Bachelors 1810; medical student at St. George’s Hospital and Edinburgh; Physician to St. George’s Hospital, 20 Apr 1816-39; FRCP 30 Sep 1818; Physician in Ordinary to Queen Adelaide 25 Oct 1836, William IV 1 Jun 1837, Queen Victoria 8 Aug 1837 and Duchess of Kent 1839; the leading physician in London until his retirement from practice in 1848; FRS 13 Mar 1828; KCH 8 Aug 1837; m. 10 Feb 1821 Mary, dau. of William Mackinnon Fraser MD, Lower Grosvenor Street, London; d. 16 Dec 1855. DNB.

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.

CHAMBERS, SIR CHARLES HARCOURT, brother of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 31 Aug 1789; in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1802; KS 1803; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1807, adm. pens. 3 May 1807, scholar 1808, matr. Mich. 1807; 5th Wrangler 1811; BA 1811; MA 1814; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1813, Major Fellow 1814, Assistant Tutor 1813-4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jan 1812, called to bar 26 Nov 1816; knighted 21 Nov 1823; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of Bombay from 8 Dec 1823, acting Chief Justice Aug 1828; edited A Treatise on Estates and Tenures by the late Sir Robert Chambers, 1824; m. 12 Nov 1823 Isabella, dau. of Maj. William Wilson, Polmailie, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire; d. at Bombay 13 Oct 1828.