Edwin Beresford Chancellor FRHS FSA (1868 - 4 February 1937) was an English author known for his works on the history of London and it environs. He wrote his first book, Historical Richmond (1885), when only 17 years old. In 1924-25,he completed a six-volume history of The Lives of the Rakes.
Edwin Beresford Chancellor was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1868 [1] to Albert Chancellor, an estate agent, and his wife Emma. [2] [3] He read history at the University of Oxford. [4] He married Ellen Porter in Bromley, Kent, in 1894. [5] They had children Richard and Francis. [6] Chancellor's second marriage was to Constance Lilian May Crouch in Hastings, Sussex, in 1930. [7]
Chancellor's early career was as a land and estate agent. [6] By the time of the 1911 census he was describing himself as an author. [8]
His first book was Historical Richmond (1885) on the history of his place of birth. The foreword contained a note explaining that, being only 17 years of age, he had been prevented from examining the printed books in the British Museum (now in the British Library) but through the kindness of professor Sir Richard Owen he had been able to examine the manuscripts. [9] The book was nonetheless deposited in the Museum's library. At the time of writing the forward, he was resident at The Retreat, Richmond. He returned to this subject in detail in 1894 with his History and Antiquities of Richmond etc. which was described in The Spectator as "monstrous in size" and probably containing "everything that anybody could want; but then it also has not a little that nobody wants." [10]
His Literary Types: Being Essays in Criticism was published in 1895 when Chancellor was living at Orchardene, Bedford Park. [11]
His six-volume The Lives of the Rakes was published by Philip Allan in 1924/25, in a limited edition of 300 sets. [12]
He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Chancellor died on 4 February 1937 at 31 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, leaving an estate of £5,368. His address at the time of his death was Aban Court Hotel, Harrington Gardens, South Kensington. Probate was granted in London to his widow Constance. [13] [14]
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