Sir David Chapman, 3rd Baronet

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[edit]

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

Later life[edit]

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[edit]

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

Arms[edit]

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[edit]

^ "No. 53247". The London Gazette. 15 March 1993. p. 4679.
^ "No. 54790". The London Gazette. 11 June 1997. p. 6789.
^ 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 Robert Macgowan Chapman	Baronet (of Cleadon) 1987 – present	Incumbent

[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.

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