Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet

Sir Benjamin James Chapman, 4th Baronet was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician and barrister.

Biography

Chapman was the son of Sir [Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet] and Margaret Anne Fetherstonhaugh, and the brother of Sir [Montagu Chapman, 3rd Baronet]. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1830 and becoming a practicing barrister. In 1849, he married his cousin, Maria Fetherstonhaugh, daughter of Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh and Dorothea née George. They had three children: Dora Marguerite Chapman, Sir Montagu [Richard Chapman, 5th Baronet], and Sir Benjamin Rupert Chapman, 6th Baronet.
He was elected Whig MP for Westmeath at the 1841 [United Kingdom general election|1841 general election] and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.
He succeeded to the Chapman baronets#Chapman baronets of [Killua Castle |Baronetcy of Killua Castle] in 1853 upon the death of his brother, Montagu Chapman. Upon his own death in 1888, the title was inherited by his son, Montagu Richard Chapman.
He was also a member of the Reform Club, and High Sheriff of Westmeath in 1856, and Custos Rotulorum of Westmeath and Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath from 1883 and 1888.