Chapman baronets

The Chapman Baronetcy, of Killua Castle (also known as St Lucy's) in the County of Westmeath, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 11 March 1782 for Benjamin Chapman, with remainder to his younger brother Thomas.

[2] Chapman notably represented Fore and County Westmeath in the Irish House of Commons.

His elder son, the third Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for County Westmeath.

The seventh baronet abandoned his wife to live with his daughters' governess, Sarah Junner.

The Chapman Baronetcy, of Cleadon in what was then the County of Durham and now Tyne and Wear, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 January 1958 for the soldier and former Conservative Member of Parliament for Houghton-le-Spring, Robert Chapman.