E. Beresford Chancellor

Edwin Beresford Chancellor FRHS FSA (1868 - 4 February 1937) was an English author known for his works on the history of London and it environs.

"[10] 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.

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.

E. Beresford Chancellor's signature from The Lives of the Rakes , 1924.