Chaloner William Chute

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The Vyne house

Chaloner William Chute (1 August 1838 – 1892) was an English barrister and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He was the heir to The Vyne estate near Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Life[edit]

He was the son of William Lyde Wiggett, who took the surname Chute on inheriting The Vyne.[1][2] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1857, graduating B.A. in 1861, M.A, in 1864. A Fellow of Magdalen College from 1861, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and gave up his fellowship in 1875.[3] He was elected a fellow of Winchester College.[4]

Family[edit]

Chute married in 1875 Eleanor Jane Portal, second daughter of Wyndham Spencer Portal.[4] They had three sons:[5]

  • Sir Charles Lennard Chute MC (1879–1956), a barrister.
  • Rev. John Chaloner Chute (born 1881)
  • Rev. Anthony William Chute OBE (born 1884)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chute, Chaloner William (1888). A History of the Vyne in Hampshire: Being a Short Account of the Building & Antiquities of that House &c. Winchester: Jacob & Johnson. p. 133.
  2. ^ Parishes: Sherborne St. John, in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 158-171. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol4/pp158-171 [accessed 24 October 2018].
  3. ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Chute, Chaloner William
  4. ^ a b Wainewright, John Bannerman (1907). "Winchester College, 1836–1906: a register". Internet Archive. Winchester: P. and G. Wells. p. 9. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929–30). Armorial Families. Vol. 2 (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 2087.