Researching William Chaplin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4296 people with the Chaplin surname? In that year Chaplin was ranked number 985 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Chaplin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Chaplin and the Chaplin Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 5566 people with the Chaplin surname in the UK? Chaplin is now ranked number 1065 for popularity in the UK. |
Chaplin Family Tree Databases
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William Chaplin (coach proprietor)
William James Chaplin (1787–1859) was a stage coach proprietor who developed a large coaching business before the arrival of the railways. He has been called "perhaps the greatest coach proprietor that ever lived". His great rival was Edward Sherman.
Chaplin could see that the railways would destroy the coaching trade; he therefore shifted his investments into the London and Southampton Railway (which later changed its name to London and South Western Railway) and became the Deputy Chairman by 1840. He became the Chairman in 1843, a post he retained until 1858 (apart from a period between 1853 and 1854).
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Salisbury at the January 1847 by-election. He retained the seat at the general election in June of that year, but left the house at the next general election in 1857.
Source: William Chaplin (coach proprietor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chaplin
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