F. G. M. Chancellor

He was one of 10 children, and the fourth eldest son, born to Edward Chancellor (1824–1893) and his wife, Elizabeth née Morgan.

[3] Francis Chancellor was educated at Christ College, Hobart,[4] before commencing training as an architect in Tasmania.

[8] Chancellor divided his time between 1922 and 1924 on the designs for the MGM Cinema in Magdalen Street, Oxford, alongside J. C. Leeds,[9] and the first phase of reconstructions at The Old Vic in Waterloo, returning in 1927 to 1929.

[15] Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Chancellor retired to the countryside,[16] and left the running of Matcham & Co to his assistant, S. W.

[17] Chancellor died at his home, "Southcote", Marsham Way, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire,[18] on 20 September 1940,[19] aged 70.