Anthony Freskyn Charles Hamby Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin (14 December 1906 – 18 December 1981) was a British hereditary peer and an amateur zoologist and musician.

Biography

Born in 1906, Chaplin was the son of Eric Chaplin, 2nd Viscount Chaplin, and the Hon Gwladys Wilson, daughter of Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme and Florence Wellesley. He was educated at Radley College.

During 1935 and 1936, Chaplin went on a zoological expedition to New Guinea. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London between 1952 and 1955, and a member of its Council.

Chaplin studied musical composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger between 1936 and 1939. He served as an Officer in the Royal Air Force from 1940 until 1946, achieving the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

Chaplin succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount Chaplin in 1949.

Marriages & children

Chaplin was married firstly on 9 January 1933 to Alvilde Bridges (1909–1994), the only daughter of Lt Gen Sir Tom Bridges. They had one daughter:

  • Hon. Oenone Clarissa Chaplin (12 April 1934 – 8 October 2021)

The marriage to Alvilde was dissolved in 1950 and on 16 March 1951 he married secondly Rosemary Lyttelton (1922–2003), daughter of Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos and Lady Moira Osborne. They had two daughters:

  • Hon. Miranda Amadea Chaplin (born 3 January 1956)
  • Hon. Christina Susanna Chaplin (born 16 December 1958)

Lord Chaplin died in 1981 in Belgravia, London, when in the absence of male heirs, the viscountcy became extinct.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anthony Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin
16. Charles Chaplin (1759 – c. 1821)8. Rev. Henry Chaplin (born 1789)17. Elizabeth Taylor4. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923)18. William Ellice9. Caroline Ellice2. Eric Chaplin, 2nd Viscount Chaplin (1877–1949)20. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861)10. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828–1892)21. Lady Harriet Howard (1806–1868)5. Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1855–1881)22. John Hay-Mackenzie (c. 1792 – 1849)11. Anne Hay-Mackenzie, Countess of Cromartie (1829–1888)23. Anne Gibson-Craig (1802–1869)1. Anthony Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin24. David Wilson (1746–1810)12. Thomas Wilson (1792–1869)25. Elizabeth Grey (b. c. 1750)6. Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907)26. John West13. Susannah West (1796–1879)27. Grace Harrop3. Hon. Gwladys Wilson (1881–1971)28. Rev. Hon. Gerald Wellesley (1770–1848)14. Col. William Wellesley (1813–1888)29. Lady Emily Cadogan (1773–1839)7. Florence Wellesley (1853–1932)30. Thomas Hayden15. Jane Hayden (died 1901)
16. Charles Chaplin (1759 – c. 1821)
8. Rev. Henry Chaplin (born 1789)
17. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923)
18. William Ellice
9. Caroline Ellice
2. Eric Chaplin, 2nd Viscount Chaplin (1877–1949)
20. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861)
10. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828–1892)
21. Lady Harriet Howard (1806–1868)
5. Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1855–1881)
22. John Hay-Mackenzie (c. 1792 – 1849)
11. Anne Hay-Mackenzie, Countess of Cromartie (1829–1888)
23. Anne Gibson-Craig (1802–1869)
1. Anthony Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin
24. David Wilson (1746–1810)
12. Thomas Wilson (1792–1869)
25. Elizabeth Grey (b. c. 1750)
6. Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907)
26. John West
13. Susannah West (1796–1879)
27. Grace Harrop
3. Hon. Gwladys Wilson (1881–1971)
28. Rev. Hon. Gerald Wellesley (1770–1848)
14. Col. William Wellesley (1813–1888)
29. Lady Emily Cadogan (1773–1839)
7. Florence Wellesley (1853–1932)
30. Thomas Hayden
15. Jane Hayden (died 1901)

Arms

Coat of arms of Anthony Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin
Crest A griffin's head erased Or gorged with a mural coronet Vert. Escutcheon Ermine on a chief indented Vert three griffins' heads erased Or. Supporters Dexter upon a garb fesswise Proper banded Gules a hawk wings endorsed and inverted Argent beaked membered and the inside of the wings Or suspended from the neck by a riband Sable an escutcheon of the arms of Sutherland (i.e. Gules three mullets Or within a bordure of the last charged with a double tressure flory counterflory of the field). Sinister a chestnut-coloured racehorse in a white headstall banded rose colour pendant therefrom a blue lead all Proper. Motto In Coela Quies

External links

  • ‘CHAPLIN’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
Professional and academic associations
Preceded bySheffield Airey NeaveSecretary of the Zoological Society of London 1952–1955Succeeded bySolly Zuckerman
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byEric ChaplinViscount Chaplin 1949–1981Extinct