Chaloner Chute (1632–1666) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1661. The Vyne House

Chute was the only surviving son of

Chaloner Chute Chaloner Chute I (died 14 April 1659) of The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Origins Chute was the son of Charles Chute of the Middle ...

of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Middlesex and his first wife Anne Scory, daughter of Sir John Scory of Wormesley, Herefordshire. He was baptised on 15 December 1632. He entered

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in 1645 and was called to the bar in 1656. History of Parliament Online - Chaloner Chute
/ref> In 1659, Chute was elected

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for Devizes when his father was speaker. His father died in April 1659, and Chute succeeded to the estates including

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. He was a

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for Hampshire from 1659 to July 1660 and a commissioner for militia for Hampshire and Middlesex in 1659. He was a commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire in January 1660 and a commissioner for militia for Middlesex in March 1660. In 1661 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for

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in the Cavalier Parliament but his election was declared void on 20 May. He was a commissioner for assessment for Hampshire from 1665 until his death. Chute died at the age of 34. Chute married Catharine Lennard, a daughter of Richard Lennard, 13th Baron Dacre in 1654 and had three sons and a daughter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chute, Chaloner 1632 births 1666 deaths Members of the Middle Temple People from Sherborne St John English lawyers 17th-century English lawyers People from Chiswick English MPs 1659 English MPs 1661–1679