Edward Chaplin (politician)
# Edward Chaplin (politician)

Colonel Edward Chaplin (28 March 1842 – 23 December 1883) was a British Conservative politician.

## Background

Chaplin was the son of Reverend Henry Chaplin and Caroline Horatia, daughter of William Ellice. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, was his elder brother.

## Political career

Chaplin sat as Member of Parliament for Lincoln alongside Charles Seely between 1874 and 1880.

## Family

Chaplin married Lady Guendolen Theresa, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1877. He died in December 1883, aged 41. His wife later remarried and died in January 1937.

