E. Beresford Chancellor

Edwin Beresford Chancellor

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]

Career

Chancellor's early career was as a land and estate agent.

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.

Death and legacy

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]

Selected publications

Early works

• Historical Richmond. George Bell & Sons, London, 1885.
• The Life of Charles I., 1600-1625. Taken from Authentic Sources. G. Bell & Sons, London, 1886.
• Essays and Studies. Literary and Historical. Bemrose & Co., London, 1891.
• The History and Antiquities of Richmond, Kew, Petersham, Ham, &c. Hiscoke, Richmond, 1894.
• Literary Types: Being Essays in Criticism. S. Sonnenschein, London, 1895.

1900s

• The History of the Squares of London, Topographical & Historical. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, 1907.
• The Private Palaces of London Past and Present. Kegan Paul, London, 1908.
• Wanderings in Piccadilly, Mayfair, and Pall Mall. Alston Rivers, London, 1908.
• The Lives of the British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers. Duckworth, London, 1909.

1910s

• The Lives of the British Sculptors, and those who have worked in England from the earliest days to Sir Francis Chantrey. Chapman & Hall, London, 1911.
• The Annals of Fleet Street: Its Traditions & Associations. Chapman & Hall, London, 1912.
• The Annals of the Strand. Topographical and Historical. Chapman & Hall, London, 1912.

1920s

• The XVIIIth century in London. An Account of its Social Life and Arts. B.T. Batsford, London, 1920.
• Memorials of St. James's Street together with the Annals of Almack's. Grant Richards, London, 1922.
• The London of Charles Dickens. Grant Richards, London, 1924.
• The Pleasure Haunts of London during Four Centuries. Constable, London, 1925.
• Life in Regency and early Victorian times: An Account of the Days of Brummell and D'Orsay, 1800 to 1850. Batsford, London, 1926.
• Lost London: Being a Description of Landmarks which have Disappeared, pictured by J. Crowther, circa 1879-87 and described by E. B. Chancellor. Constable, London, 1926.
• The West End of Yesterday and Today: Being Studies in London's History and Topography during the Past Century. Architectural Press, London, 1926.
• Disappearing London. The Studio, London, 1927. (Editor and introduction)

1930s

• London Recalled: Being a Topographical Description of the Collection of Water-colour Drawings by W. Alister MacDonald in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1937.

The Lives of the Rakes

• Vol. I, Old Rowley (King Charles II). Philip Allan, London, 1924.
• Vol. II, The Restoration Rakes. Philip Allan, London, 1924.
• Vol. III, Col. Charteris and the Duke of Wharton. Philip Allan, London, 1925.
• Vol. IV, The Hell-Fire Club. Philip Allan, London, 1925.
• Vol. V, "Old Q" and Barrymore. Philip Allan, London, 1925.
• Vol. VI, The Regency Rakes. Philip Allan, London, 1925.

Articles

• "Tallis's Street Views of London".
  London Topographical Record
  , Vol. XII, 1920, pp. 67–77.

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