Chavasse family

History

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

    Memorials

• Chavasse Park in Liverpool, named after the family
• At St Peter's College, Oxford, the College Chapel is filled with memorials to members of the Chavasse family, including Captain Noel Chavasse's original grave cross, the Chavasse memorial window and a large bas-relief of Bishop Francis Chavasse at prayer.