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.

CHAPMAN, PETER, brother of Christopher Chapman (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1668; d. 11 Sep 1672. Buried in North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet near West Cloister door.

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, HENRY BREWER, son of Henry Samuel Chapman, London, newspaper editor and barrister, Judge of Supreme Court, New Zealand, and his first wife Catherine Brewer; b. 10 Apr 1841; adm. 6 Oct 1853 (James'); QS 1856; elected head to Trinity Coll Cambridge (with Triplett) 1860, adm. pens. 24 May 1860, matr. Lent 1861; LLB 1864; drowned in wreck of SS London, while on her passage to Australia, 11 Jan 1866.

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, GEORGE WALTER, eldest son of George Chapman, Afon House, Mortlake, Surrey, land agent and auctioneer, and Lucy Weston (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1847; adm. 27 Sep 1860; QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1869, called to bar 7 Jun 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Assistant Receiver, Court of Bankruptcy, 1888-96, Senior Assistant Receiver 1896-9, an Official Receiver 1899-1912; m. 19 Sep 1888 Marion Patterson, third dau. of Frederic Sewell, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington; d. 5 Sep 1913.

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.