CHALON, John James (brother of the preceding). b. Geneva 27 March 1778; a student at Royal Academy, London 1796; member of Watercolour society 1808–13; A.R.A. 1827, R.A. 1841; exhibited 86 pictures at R.A. and 49 at B.I. 1801–54; painted landscapes, figure and animal subjects, and marine pictures with equal facility; author of Sketches of Parisian manners 1820. d. El Retiro, Campden hill, Kensington 14 Nov. 1854. Redgrave’s Century of painters ii, 468–73 (1866); Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii, 167–9 (1862).
CHALON, Thomas Barnard. Judge advocate general Madras army 21 Aug. 1840 to 17 June 1859; retired M.G. 17 June 1859. d. Stuttgard 28 Jany. 1867 aged 67.
CHALONER, Thomas (son of Robert Chaloner of Guisborough). b. 6 Feb. 1815; entered navy 2 Aug. 1827; captain 6 April 1853, retired 31 March 1866; retired admiral 2 Aug. 1879; C.B. 24 May 1881. d. Long Hull, Guisborough 20 Oct. 1884.
CHALONER, Thomas (son of a baker at Manchester). b. Manchester 2 June 1839; won the St. Leger by a head on Caller Ou 1861 when betting was 100 to 1 against him, on The Marquis 1862, Achievement 1867, Formosa 1868, and Craigmillar 1875; won the Oaks on Feu de Joie 1862, the Two thousand guineas and Derby on Macaroni 1863; won 409 races 1855–63; combined coolness with great ability and a patience excelled by no other jockey; a trainer at Newmarket 1879 to death. d. Osborne house, Newmarket 3 April 1886. Sporting Review lii, 61–3 (1864), portrait, Illust. sp. and dr. news i, 16 (1874), portrait, iii, 261 (1875), portrait, and 17 April 1876, portrait; Sporting Life 5 Feb. 1887 p. 5, portrait.
CHAMBERLAIN, Charles Francis Falcon (youngest son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1 baronet 1773–1829). b. 11 Oct. 1826; major Bombay staff corps 13 June 1866 to death; C.B. 14 Aug. 1868. d. Umballa, Punjab, India 31 Oct. 1870.
CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Henry Orlando Robert, 3 Baronet (elder son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, 2 baronet 1796–1843). b. 15 Dec. 1828; succeeded 8 Sep. 1843; member of Corps of Gentlemen-at-arms Oct. 1857 to 1860. d. Bruges 30 Dec. 1870.
CHAMBERLAIN, John Henry (son of Rev. Joseph Chamberlain, minister of Calvinistic Baptists at Leicester). b. Leicester 26 June 1831; architect at Birmingham 1856 to death; partner with Wm. Martin 13 April 1864 to death; built Institute buildings in Paradise st. and Free Libraries in Edmund st; member of council of Midland Institute 1867, hon. sec. 1868 to death; member of Society of Artists March 1861, professor of architecture 1861, vice pres. 1879. d. at house of Lawson Tait, The Crescent, Birmingham 22 Oct. 1883. Edgbastonia iii, 161–6 (1883), portrait; The Architect 27 Oct. 1883 pp. 254–5.
CHAMBERLAIN, William Charles (brother of Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain). b. 21 April 1818; entered navy June 1831, captain 21 Feb. 1856; superintendent of Chatham dockyard 30 Nov. 1868 to 19 Jany. 1874; R.A. 19 Jany 1874, superintendent of Devonport dockyard 5 Aug. 1875 to 1 May 1876. d. Brighton 27 Feb. 1878.
CHAMBERLAYNE, Thomas (only son of Rev. Thomas Chamberlayne, R. of Charlton, Kent). b. 1805; ed. at Magd. coll. Ox.; purchased the old hull of a celebrated cutter called the Arrow, and from her midship section built a cutter of 84 tons called the Arrow which won cups and prizes worth several thousands, she beat the America and the Mosquito at Ryde 22 July 1852, and the Volante and 6 other yachts at Ryde 4 Aug. 1869; made a beautiful cricket ground at Cranbury near Winchester 1834, and got together an Eleven second to none in England; pres. of Marylebone Cricket Club; a great coursing, hunting and coaching man; built stables at Cranbury at an expense of £20,000 which are matchless in style; sheriff of Hampshire 1835. d. Cranbury park 21 Oct. 1876. Baily’s mag. xii, 55–59 (1867), portrait; Hunt’s yachting mag. i, 103 (1853), xviii, 30–5, 381–91, xxv, 699 (1876).
CHAMBERLAYNE, William, b. The Ryes, Essex 12 Aug. 1788; ed. at Westminster; captain 2 dragoon guards 9 May 1811 to 30 Dec. 1826 when placed on h.p.; general 14 Jany. 1866. d. Orford house, Oakley, Essex 21 July 1869.