Chavasse family


The Chavasse family in the West Midlands is a British family of Catholic origin. When Claude Chavasse came from the borders of France and Savoy, he settled in Burford, Oxfordshire. His entry in the Burial Register there states: Claude Chavasse, a Roman Catholick. Members of the family gained particular prominence as surgeons and clergymen. Members of the family still live in the United Kingdom today.

History

The Chavasse family is notable for counting amongst its ranks two Bishops of the Church of England, two Olympic athletes, a Knight Bachelor and one of only three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice. Bishop Francis Chavasse was instrumental in the building of Liverpool Cathedral and founded St Peter's College, Oxford.
Claude Chavasse was a Gaelic language activist and Irish republican, cousin to Noel Chavasse.

Genealogy

  1. Thomas Chavasse MD, FRCS; surgeon ∞ 1827 Catherine Margaret Grant ∞ after 1842 Miriam Sarah Wyld. From these marriages he had nine children, including:
  2. # Charles Edward Chavasse ∞ Frances Lucy Evans, and had 7 children.
  3. # Francis Chavasse Bishop of Liverpool, founder of St Peter's College, Oxford ∞ Ethel Jane Maude and had 7 children, including identical twins:
  4. ## Christopher Chavasse OBE, MC, TD, DD; Bishop of Rochester, Olympic athlete ∞ 1919 Beatrice Cropper Willink and had 5 children.
  5. ## Noel Chavasse VC and Bar, MC; Captain, RAMC, Olympic athlete
  6. ## Francis Bernard Chavasse MC, ophthalmic surgeon
  7. ## Aidan Chavasse
  8. # Sir Thomas Frederick Chavasse Kt 1905, MD, FRCS; surgeon ∞ 1885 Frances Hannah Ryland MBE and had 4 children, including:
  9. ##Arthur Ryland Chavasse MD, Captain, RAMC
  10. ## Frances Gladys Ryland Chavasse mentioned in despatches 1945 at Monte Cassino, former fiancée of the late Noel Chavasse VC and Bar, MC, later ∞ Rev. James F. Colquhoun MC, priest
  11. ## Esme Margaret Ryland Chavasse ∞ Walter G. Marsden Captain, RAMC ∞ A. B. Quinney, of Sambourne

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