AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.

AMYRANT, MOSES, son of Moses Amyrant LLD, Paris, France, advocate in Parlement of Paris; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1698; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 May 1700; adm. Inner Temple [check], called to bar, Inner Temple 9 Jun 1706; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1719/20 Gertrude Abbot, St Dunstan in the West, London; d. shortly before 7 Feb 1751.

Andrews, Archibald Maclagan, third son of the . Rev. John Marshall Andrews, Vicar of St. Michael's, Highgate; b. Oct. 28, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left April 1892; emigrated to British Columbia; d. at Victoria, B.C., April 17, 1920.

ANDREWS, SEPTIMUS, seventh son of William Andrews, Homington, Wilts., and Mary --- (IGI); b. 21 Sep 1832; adm. 15 Feb 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1851, matr. 12 Jun 1851, Westminster Student to 1869; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon (London) 1857; Fellow of St. Peter’s Coll. Radley 1857-60; Assistant Master at the School Sep 1860 - Dec 1865; Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics. 1865-9; received into Roman Catholic church 1869; ordained sub-deacon 1871, deacon 1872, priest 1873; oblate of St. Charles, Bayswater, from 1871; author, My reasons for leaving the Church of England; d. unm. 19 Sep 1914.

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.

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.

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.

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.