Sir
Benjamin Chapman
Bt
Member of Parliament
for Westmeath
In office
12 July 1841 – 10 August 1847
Serving with Hugh Morgan Tuite
Preceded byRichard Nagle
Montagu Chapman
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Magan
Percy Nugent
Personal details
Born9 February 1810
Died3 November 1888(1888-11-03) (aged 78)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig

Sir Benjamin James Chapman, 4th Baronet (9 February 1810 – 3 November 1888)[1][2] was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician and barrister.[3][4][5]

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[6] 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 (1853–1907), and Sir Benjamin Rupert Chapman, 6th Baronet (1865–1914).[5]

He was elected Whig MP for Westmeath at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[3][4][5][7]

He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Killua Castle in 1853 upon the death of his brother, Montagu Chapman.[4][5] Upon his own death in 1888, the title was inherited by his son, Montagu Richard Chapman.[2]

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.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Rayment, Leigh (2 February 2018). "The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Baronets beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. 1 2 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Benjamin Chapman". Members of Parliament after 1832. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Lundy, Darryl (21 December 2008). "Sir Benjamin James Chapman, 4th Bt". The Peerage. Wellington. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p146: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  7. ↑ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
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