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Sir David Chapman, 3rd Baronet

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Chapman's armorial achievement

Sir David Robert Macgowan Chapman, 3rd Baronet DL (16 December 1941) is a British businessman and investment banker, and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Tyne and Wear.

Early life

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Chapman was born in Cleadon in County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) to Sir Robert Macgowan Chapman and Barbara May Tonks.

Later life

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Chapman inherited the Chapman baronetcy after the death of his father Sir Robert Macgowan Chapman on 2 August 1987. He was appointed High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear for 1993-1994,[1] and in 1997 was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.[2]

Honours

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  • 2 August 1987: Baronet, 3rd Baronet Chapman of Cleadon

Arms

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Coat of arms of Sir David Chapman, 3rd Baronet
Crest
Issuant from a wreath of oak Proper a dexter arm embowed vested Gules cuffed Argent grasping in the hand a harpoon also Proper.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Argent and Gules a crescent counterchanged in dexter chief a portcullis chained Sable over all in pale a sword point downwards Proper pommel and hilt Or.
Motto
Suaviter Sed Fortiter [3]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 53247". The London Gazette. 15 March 1993. p. 4679.
  2. ^ "No. 54790". The London Gazette. 11 June 1997. p. 6789.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Hugh Goundry Brown
High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear
1993–1994
Succeeded by
Roger Charlton Spoor, OBE, RD
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Cleadon)
1987 – present
Incumbent