Name Anthony 3rd Died December 18, 1981 | Children Oenone Clarissa | |
Spouse Alvilde Chaplin (m. 1933–1950) Parents Eric Chaplin, 2nd Viscount Chaplin Grandparents Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin Similar People Tom Bridges, James Lees‑Milne, Winnaretta Singer | ||
Anthony Freskyn Charles Hamby Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin (14 December 1906 – 18 December 1981) was the third Viscount Chaplin and an amateur zoologist and musician.
Born in 1906, he was the son of Eric Chaplin, 2nd Viscount Chaplin and late Hon. Gwladys Alice Gertrude Wilson, daughter of Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme. He was educated at Radley College.
In 1933, he married Alvilde, only daughter of Sir Tom Bridges; they had one daughter, Clarissa Oenone. In 1935 and 1936, he went on a zoological expedition to New Guinea. He studied musical composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger between 1936 and 1939. During the Second World War, he served as an Officer in the Royal Air Force (1940-1946), achieving the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In 1949 he succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount Chaplin. His marriage to Alvilde was dissolved in 1951, and in the same year he married Rosemary (1922-2003), daughter of Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos. They had two daughters, Miranda Amadea b.1956 and Christina Susanna b.1958. He was a member of the council of the Zoological Society of London and its secretary 1952–1955. Upon his death in 1981, the Viscountcy became extinct.