Aaron Chapman (politician)

Aaron Chapman was an English writer and politician. He was the inaugural member of Parliament for Whitby, representing the Conservative Party.
Chapman was elected as the member of Parliament for Whitby for four successive parliaments. He later served as a magistrate in Middlesex and as an Elder Brother of Trinity House, the maritime charity. He also served as a trustee of Ramsgate Harbour and as a director of the Hudson's Bay Company.
In 1825, he was a director of the New Zealand Company, a venture chaired by the wealthy John George Lambton, a Whig MP, which made the first attempt to colonise New Zealand.
He married Elizabeth on 2 June 1796. The couple had four sons and two daughters. Their third son, Edward, served as a director of the Bank of England.
Chapman died at his home in Highbury Park, London, and was interred in Hornsey, Middlesex.