Dean-Charles Chapman
Dean-Charles Chapman – Jameson Empire Film Awards 2015 – Arrivals – Grosvenor House Hotel, – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Havering, Essex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 7 September, 1997
Ethnicity: English
Dean-Charles Chapman is an English actor. His roles include the films Before I Go to Sleep, Man Up, Breathe (2017), The Commuter, Blinded by the Light, The King (2019), 1917, Here Are the Young Men, and Catherine Called Birdy, and the series The Revolting World of Stanley Brown, The White Queen, Game of Thrones, Glue, Fungus the Bogeyman, Will, Into the Badlands, and The Walk-In.
Dean-Charles’ paternal grandfather is Sidney/Sydney Chapman (the son of Sidney George Chapman and Evelyn Ruby Peers). Dean-Charles’ grandfather Sidney was born in Islington, London, England. Dean-Charles’ great-grandfather Sidney was the son of Robert William Chapman and Minnie Holledge. Evelyn was the daughter of David Henry Peers and Kathleen Johnson.
Dean-Charles’ paternal grandmother is Celia E. Claytor (the daughter of Cecil George E. Claytor and Louisa/Lousia Rose Harper). Celia was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Cecil was the son of John Claytor and Martha Jane Giddings. Louisa was the daughter of Henry Harper and Alice Eliza Jennings, who was born in Hanover, Jamaica.
Dean-Charles’ maternal grandfather was named Georgie Jefford (whose mother’s surname likely was Lee).
Dean-Charles’ maternal grandmother was Dorothy May Granville (the daughter of Claude Charles Patterson Granville and Emily Maud Greed). Dorothy was born in Kingston, Surrey, England. Claude was the son of Claude Mark Granville and Eleanor Harriet Patterson. Emily was the daughter of Henry/Harry Greed and Johanna Marney.
Sources: Genealogy of Dean-Charles Chapman (focusing on his father’s side) – https://i.dailymail.co.uk
Marriage records of Dean-Charles’ paternal great-great-grandparents, Robert William Chapman and Minnie Holledge – https://www.familysearch.org
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Marriage records of Dean-Charles’ paternal great-great-grandparents, David Henry Peers and Kathleen Johnson – https://www.familysearch.org
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Information about Dean-Charles’ paternal great-great-grandfather, David Henry Peers’, WWI service – https://www.thesun.co.uk
Can anyone follow-up on the “Harper” line prior to Jamaica? It can definitely be an English name, but it can also be an Anglicization of a Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) surname, too. It instantly stuck out at me when I read down through the surnames associated with him.