Chesney, Ellis Campbell, son of Major Harold Frank Chesney, R.E., of the Public Works Department, Lahore, India, by Fanny Frederika, daughter of the Rev. William Merk, of Kangra, India; b. May 3, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; left July 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. unattached Aug. 5, 1905, Indian Army Dec. 8, 1906; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1907; Double Company Officer 38th Dogras Aug. 9, 1907; Indian Army Service Corps May 28, 1914; Capt. Aug. 5, 1914; Major Aug. 5, 1920; served in France 1914-5, and in Iraq 1915-6; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 5, 1931; Col. April 1, 1938; asst. director, Supply and Transport, India, 1933-6; Commandant R. l. A. S. C. Training Centre 1936-8; retired Aug. 16, 1939; m. Feb. 11, 1915, Stella de Crez, only daughter of Donald E. McCracken, of Kelvedon, Essex.

CHESTER, HARRY, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 10 Aug 1770; adm. 23 Jan 1778; Min. Can. 1784; KS 1785; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 14 May 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Apr 1793; Adjutant, 9 Dec 1795; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 Jan 1799; Col. in the Army, 25 Oct 1809; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812; served in Flanders and in the Peninsular War; m. 3 Sep 1799 Harriet, youngest dau. of Gen. Sir Henry Clinton KB MP; d. 5 Jan 1821.

CHESTER, ROBERT, third son of Sir Robert Chester, Kt, Royston, Herts., and Anne, dau. of Sir Henry Capel, Little Hadham, Herts.; b.; adm.; KS 16 Nov 1610; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. pens. 1615 ?, scholar 1616, matr. Lent 1615/6; BA 1619/20; MA 1623 (incorp. Oxford, 12 Jul 1623); DD 1636; ordained; Rector of Stevenage, Herts., from 19 Dec 1629; Rector of Hinxworth, Herts., 1637-9; Rector of Graveley, Herts.; d. 6 Apr 1664, aged 67.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1715; adm. Middle Temple 8 Dec 1707, called to bar 7 May 1714; secretary to elder brother John when Envoy at Turin 1705-6, 1706-13; British Resident, Genoa, Jun 1708 - Mar 1711, Envoy Extraordinary there Mar 1711 - Feb 1713; MP Stafford 1715-22, Plymouth 1722-7, Stafford from 1734; a Lord of the Admiralty, 16 Apr 1717 - Aug 1727; Master of the Mint 29 Dec 1744 - 3 Jun 1769; succ. his brother as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (I) 21 Jun 1767; m. 1715 Honora, dau. of William Baker, Consul at Algiers; d. 3 Apr 1770. DNB.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CIRCUITT, GEORGE JOSEPH, brother of Robert William Perry Circuitt (qv); b. 5 Dec 1847; adm. 23 Jun 1859; QS 1862; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1866, but never adm.; d. Sep 1870.

CLARKE, GABRIEL, son of John Clarke, Clothall, Herts., yeoman; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1605, Westminster Student to 1618/9, matr. 21 Feb 1605/6, aged 17; BA 1609; MA 1612 (incorp. Camb. 1616); BD (from Pembroke Hall) 1630; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln from 26 May 1615; Rector of Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, 1616; Rector of Howick, Northumberland, 1619-21; Archdeacon of Northumberland, 7 Aug 1619 – Sep 1620; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Aug 1620; Archdeacon of Durham from 9 Sep 1620; Rector of Elwick, Durham, 6 Sep 1620 – Jul 1624; Master of Greatham Hospital, Durham, 24 Jul 1624; deprived of preferments by 17 Sep 1644, but reinstated at the Restoration; Proctor in Convocation, 1661; m. (by 1624) Mildred, dau. of William Neile, and niece of Richard Neile (qv); d. 10 May 1662.