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Description: | Born at Wqanstead, Surrey, Abel Chapman joined the army in 1856 obtaining a commission in the Bengal Cavalry. He was involved in the Indian Mutiny. Joined the Clarke-Chapman Company in 1874. In 1893, he became the firm’s first chairman a post until he held until his death in 1902.Became a JP in 1883 and a Gateshead Councillor for 3 years. He died at his home Belle Vue and was interred at Jesmond Old Cemetery. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Industrialists Councillors and M.P.s | Temporal: | name=Victorian; start=1837; end=1901; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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