Chaloner William Chute (1 August 1838 – 1892) was an English barrister and Fellow of

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. He was the heir to

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estate near Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Life

He was the son of William Lyde Wiggett, who took the surname Chute on inheriting The Vyne. He matriculated at

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in 1857, graduating B.A. in 1861, M.A, in 1864. A Fellow of Magdalen College from 1861, he was

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and gave up his fellowship in 1875. He was elected a fellow of

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Family

Chute married in 1875 Eleanor Jane Portal, second daughter of Wyndham Spencer Portal. They had three sons: * Sir Charles Lennard Chute MC (1879–1956), a barrister. *Rev. John Chaloner Chute (born 1881) *Rev. Anthony William Chute OBE (born 1884)

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1838 births 1892 deaths Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford People educated at Eton College English landowners Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Chute family 19th-century English lawyers People from Sherborne St John 19th-century British businesspeople English barristers Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire {{England-law-bio-stub