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Adding local short description: "17th-century English Army officer", overriding Wikidata description "English Army officer"

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{{Short description|17th-century English Army officer}}
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'''Captain Benjamin Chapman''' (born 1621) was the patriarch of the [[Chapman baronets]] of [[Killua Castle]].

Chapman was a [[Cornet (military rank)|Cornet]] in the regiment of cavalry raised by [[Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin]]. He was later promoted to captain, and served in the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]]. After the conquest, [[Oliver Cromwell]] granted Chapman an estate in the county of Westmeath, at [[Clonmellon|Killua]] (also known as St. Lucy's), a former preceptory of the [[Knights Hospitaller]]s.<ref name=heraldic>{{cite book |last=Burke |first=John |title=A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera01burkgoog |year=1832|publisher=H. Colburn and R. Bentley |location=London |oclc=39018719 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera01burkgoog/page/n284 229] }}</ref>

Chapman's father, William, and uncle, John, had been supported by their maternal first cousin, Sir [[Walter Raleigh]], who helped them procure land grants in the [[County Kerry]]. Due to financial troubles and their patron Raleigh's death in 1618, they were forced to sell the land to [[Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork]], for £26,400.<ref name=heraldic/> Benjamin was William's only son.

Chapman married Anne, daughter of Robert Parkinson (esq. of Ardee). They had two sons, William and Thomas. William remained with his father at St. Lucy's and married Ismay, daughter of Thomas Nugent (esq. of Clonlost). Thomas emigrated to America.<ref name=heraldic/>

== Notable descendants ==
* [[T. E. Lawrence]] ("Lawrence of Arabia"), illegitimate son of [[Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telstudies.org.uk/telstudies_org_uk/legacy2/npg_catalogue/part1/001.htm |title=Lawrence of Arabia |access-date=2008-03-23 |work=T. E. Lawrence Studies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121033421/http://www.telstudies.org.uk/telstudies_org_uk/legacy2/npg_catalogue/part1/001.htm |archive-date=2008-11-21 }}</ref>
* [[Welcome Chapman]]

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