CHAUNCY, GEORGE, brother of Charles Chauncy (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289).
CHAUNCY, CHARLES, fifth son of George Chauncy, Yardley Bury and New Place, Gilston, Herts., and his second wife Agnes, widow of Edward Humberstone, and dau. of Edward Welch, Great Wymondley, Herts.; bapt. 5 Nov 1592; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1609, adm. scholar 1610, matr. Easter 1610; 2nd in ordo 1613/4; BA 1613/4; MA 1617 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1619); BD 1624; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1614 - c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1626; Vicar of Ware, Herts., 27 Feb 1627 - 16 Oct 1633; Vicar of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants., 28 Aug 1633 - 28 Aug 1637; brought before Court of High Commission for neglect of church ceremonies in 1630 and 1634; submitted to Laud after some months’ imprisonment, 4 Feb 1635/6; emigrated to America in 1637, after writing a solemn “Retractation”; Assistant Minister, Plymouth, New England; Minister at Scituate, 1641-54; President, Harvard College, from 29 Nov 1654; published sermons and theological tracts; m. 17 Mar 1630 Catherine, dau. of Robert Eyre, Salisbury, Wilts., barrister; d. at Harvard 19 Feb 1671/2. DNB.
CHASE, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Chase, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr. 9 Jun 1762, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 - 22 Dec 1785, expiry year of grace as V. Staverton; BA 1766; MA 1769; BD 1777; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1769, priest 23 Dec 1770 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1778, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1780; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 18 Dec 1784; Rector of St. Martin’s, Birmingham, “for a few months”; Prebendary of Wells from 11 May 1797; d. 6 Jan 1815. [Presumably William Chase, son of Thomas Chase and Sarah ---, bapt. St. Peter le Poer, London, 21 Jul 1743 (IGI)].
CHARLTON, GEORGE, second son of George Charlton, Boxley, Kent, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Andrews, London; bapt. 15 Jan 1695; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1711; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1715, scholar 13 Apr 1716, matr. 1718; BA 1718/9; MA 1722; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1721, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1722; ordained priest (Ely) 22 Dec 1728; Vicar of Wateringbury, Kent, from 22 Dec 1729; d. 20 Dec 1734.
Charlton, Arthur Nesbit, younger son of Henry Edward Charlton, of Streatham, Surrey, Senior Assistant Comptroller of the Post Office Savings Bank, by Rachel Edmondson, daughter of Henry Pariss, of Battersea; b. Sept. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); K.S. 1910; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. Norfolk Regt. Sept. 9, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1915; Adjutant Oct. 6, 1915; Capt. Nov. 29, 1916; went out to the western front in May 1915; was mentioned in despatches Jan. 4, 1917; M.C. June 30, 1917; killed in action at Cambrai Nov. 30, 1917; unm.
CHARLETON, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in 1569; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571, adm. scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572; BA 1575/6.
Charlesworth, Michael Ian, son of Evandale Vernon Charlesworth, of Tulse Hill, and Gladys, d. of John George Draper, shoemaker, of Lincoln; b. 4 June 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1983; a management consult.; factory man. C. & J. Clark, shoemakers 1952-7; sen. consult. Urwick, Orr and Partners 1957-83, Sanders and Sidney Plc career consults. 1983-94; m. 22 June 1957 Dorothy, d. of Henry Dickson, of Portadown, co. Armagh, Northern Ireland; d. 2012.
Charles, Samuel Davenport, younger son of Robert Fletcher Charles, of Highgate; a VicePrincipal of the Royal College of Preceptors, by Frances Dorothea, daughter of Robert Davenport, of Battunge, Echunga, S. Australia; b. Jan. 25, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; clerk in the Principal Probate Registry 1909; served in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1914-9, attached 10th Batt. Lincolnshire Regt. in France 1917-8; Capt. June 1, 1916; wounded April 14, 1918; M.C. Feb. 4, 1918; an executive officer National Savings Committee; a principal, Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1943; l. S. O. June 9, 1949; retired 1951; m. March 25, 1927, Gwynneth, youngest daughter of Joshua Thomas Allder, of Catford, Kent; d. Feb. 16, 1962.
Charles, Lionel Tarn Selkirk, son of Selkirk Charles, of Croydon, Surrey, barrister-at-law; b. May 7, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; left April 1898; Hertford Coll. Oxon., scholar (classics); matric. Michaelmas 1910.
CHARE, GEORGE, third son of John Chare, Wandsworth, Surrey; b. 12 Oct 1646; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1658-60; adm. 20 Jan 1660/1; a boarder; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1670, Tutor 1674; d. 27 Jan 1676/7. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel, Cambridge.