Chandos
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People
- John ChandosJohn ChandosSir John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Poitou, KG was a medieval English knight who hailed from Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire. Chandos was a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince and a founding member and 19th Knight of the Order of the...
(died 1369), an English knight - John Chandos (actor)John Chandos (actor)John Chandos was a British film and television actor.-Filmography:* 49th Parallel * The Next of Kin * The First of the Few...
(1917–1987), British actor - Chandos BlairChandos BlairLieutenant General Sir Chandos Blair KCVO OBE MC & Bar was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:...
(1919–2011}, British Army General Officer Commanding Scotland - Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron LeighChandos Leigh, 1st Baron LeighChandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh was created 1st Baron Leigh in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1839.Descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, he was the grandson of the 2nd Duke of Chandos and the son of James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire...
(1791–1850) - Chandos MorganChandos MorganThe Venerable Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan CB, MA was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975.Born on 12 August 1920 and educated at Stowe and Jesus College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1944...
(1920–1993), Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975
- Dukes, viscounts and barons of Chandos are listed in the title articles (barons under Duke of Chandos).
- Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of ChandosCassandra Willoughby, Duchess of ChandosCassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos was a British historian, travel writer and artist.She was the daughter of Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a writer on natural history, and his wife Emma, the daughter of Sir Henry Barnard of Bridgnorth,...
(1670–1735), British historian, travel writer and artist - Dorothy Bray, Baroness ChandosDorothy Bray, Baroness ChandosDorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos was an English noblewoman, who served as a Maid of Honour to three queens consort of King Henry VIII of England; Anne Of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr...
(c. 1524–1605), Maid of Honour of three queens consort of King Henry VIII
- Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos
Titles
- Duke of ChandosDuke of ChandosThe title Baron Chandos has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1337 when Roger de Chandos was summoned to parliament. It became extinct on his death....
, and previously Baron Chandos, an English title - Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, title created for Richard Nugent Temple Grenville in 1822
- Viscount ChandosViscount ChandosViscount Chandos, of Aldershot in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1954 for the businessman and public servant Oliver Lyttelton. He was the son of the politician and sportsman the Hon...
Other uses
- Chandos LakeChandos LakeChandos 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 curved peninsula; and Gilmour's Bay, a smaller, two-lobed...
, Ontario, Canada - Chandos MausoleumChandos MausoleumThe Chandos Mausoleum is attached to the north side of the church of St Lawrence Whitchurch, which is sited at the southeast corner of Canons Park in the London Borough of Harrow, England. It was built for the 1st Duke of Chandos in 1735, and designed by James Gibbs. The church is an active...
, in the London Borough of Harrow, England - Chandos HouseChandos HouseChandos House is a grade I listed building at no.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 first of a series of large townhouses in London including...
, London - Chandos Chair of Medicine and AnatomyChandos Chair of Medicine and AnatomyThe Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a 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 Chancellor of the University...
, University of St Andrews, Scotland
See also
- Chandos portraitChandos portraitThe "Chandos" portrait is one of the most famous of the portraits that may depict William Shakespeare . Believed to have been painted from life 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 is named after James...
, a painting purportedly of William Shakespeare