Chandos may refer to:
Titles
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Duke of Chandos
The Dukedom of Chandos was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, named for a fief in Normandy. The Chandos peerage was first created as a barony by Edward III in 1337; its second creation in 1554 was due to the Brydges family's service to Mar ...
, and Baron Chandos, three English titles, all extinct
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Viscount Chandos
Viscount Chandos, of Aldershot in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Lyttelton family. It was created in 1954 for the businessman and public servant Oliver Lyttelton. He was th ...
, a modern title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Businesses
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Chandos Records
Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.[Chandos Publishing
Woodhead Publishing Limited was established in 1989 as an independent international publishing company of science and technical books. The company publishes books in association with The Textile Institute, Cambridge International Science Publishi ...](_ ...<br></span></div>
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Other uses
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Chandos (name) Chandos is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
*Fay Chandos, pen name of Irene Mossop (1904–1988), prolific British writer of children's and romance novels
*John Chandos (died 1369), medieval English k ...
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Chandos Lake
Chandos Lake is a lake in North Kawartha, Ontario, Canada.
The lake is in the shape of a reversed L, with three main bays: West Bay, connected to the main body of the lake by a long Narrows; South Bay, extending southwest and separated by a curv ...
, Ontario, Canada
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County of Chandos
The County of Chandos is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named by Governor Kintore for the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed Sec ...
, South Australia
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Chandos Mausoleum
The Chandos Mausoleum is an early 18th-century English Baroque building by James Gibbs in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The mausoleum is attached to the north side of the church of Canons Park#St Lawrence Whitchurch, St Lawrence Wh ...
, in the London Borough of Harrow, England
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Chandos House
Chandos House is a Grade I listed building at N° 2 Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, in central London. It was designed by Robert Adam, the most prominent architect in Georgian Britain, and built by William Adam and Company. It is seen as the fi ...
, London
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Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a chair (academic), Chair in Medicine and Anatomy of the University of St Andrews, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos - then the Chancello ...
, University of St Andrews, Scotland
See also
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Chandos Anthems
''Chandos Anthems'', Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 246–256, is the common name of a set of anthems written by George Frideric Handel. These sacred choral compositions number eleven; a twelfth of disputed authorship is not considered here. T ...
'', a collection of music written by George Frideric Handel
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Chandos portrait
The Chandos portrait is an oil painted portrait thought to depict William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Painted between 1600 and 1610, it may have served as the basis for the engraved portrait of Shakespeare used in the ''First Folio'' in 1623. It ...
, a painting purportedly of William Shakespeare
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Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1718. Owing to its special remainder, the title has passed through several families. Since 1889, it has been held by members of the Lyttelton family.
The barony a ...
, title created for Richard Nugent Temple Grenville in 1822
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