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Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin, K.C.M.G.       1866-1933
Sir Francis was born on 10 August 1866, the son of Captain Percy Chaplin and Mary S. ?, at Glenthorne Villa, Twickenham, London.
Read his very detailed obituary to learn about his life.
Margaret Seton Smith                                                 1867-1935
Lady Margaret was born about 1867, the daughter of William Frederick Smith and Mary Ann ?, at Plumstead, Kent.
I have not identified any children.


Birth of Parents
Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin b: 10 Aug 1866         Twickenham, London       1866 3Q Brentford 3a 55
son of Captain Percy Chaplin and Mary S. ?, Glenthorne Villa

Margaret Seton Smith b: abt 1867               Plumstead, Kent       1867 2Q Lewisham 1d 836
daughter of William Frederick Smith and Mary Ann ?

Marriage
6 Aug 1895
Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin
Margaret Seton Smith 		St. Luke's, Chelsea             1895 3Q Chelsea 1a 677

The Times, Friday, Aug 9, 1895                                 MARRIAGE
  CHAPLIN : SETON-SMITH - On the 6th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, by the Rev. Canon Chapman, Francis Drummond Percy, only son of the late Major Percy Chaplin, 60th Rifles and Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, to Margaret, only daughter of the late W. F. Seton-Smith.

Death
Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin Died 16 Nov 1933, Age 67,   Capetown, South Africa

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LONDON   20 Apr 1934                         Probate
CHAPLIN K.C.M.G. sir Francis Drummond Percy, of Noordhoek Hout Bay, Cape Province, South Africa, died 16 November 1933, Probate London 20 April, to BArclays Bank (Dominion Colonial and Overseas).
  Effects £67,302 16s. 3d. in England.
  Resworn £64,361 5s. 11d.

Death
Lady Margaret Seton (Smith) Chaplin Died 17 Nov 1935   Capetown, South Africa

The Times, Tuesday, Nov 19, 1935                 OBITUARIES
LADY CHAPLIN
  The death occurred on Sunday at Noordhoek, Cape of Good Hope, of Lady Chaplin, widow of Sir Drummond Chaplin, who died just two years ago after a long and distinguished career in South Africa.
  She was Margaret Seton, daughter of the late Mr. W. Seton Smith, and she was married in 1895.   In the years when Chaplin was an important figure in the business, political, and social life of the Rand, he was ably seconded by his wife at their hospitable home.   It was the same when he became Administrator of Southern Rhodesia, and in later years at the beautiful house which he built at Noordhoek, in the Cape peninsula.   Here, while Chaplin resumed his multifarious business and political activities, Lady Chaplin continued to exercise a constant hospitality, and shared in the deep and lasting friendships which made her husband to the end of his life one of the best liked and most respected figures in the British South African community.   She was made a C.B.E. in 1918.
CAPE TOWN   2 Jun 1936                         Probate
CHAPLIN Margaret Seton - of Noordhoek, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, widow, died 17 November 1935, Administration (with Will) Cape Town, to Paul Fisher and Edward Joseph Chamberlain, superintendent.   Effects £1,540 5s. 6d. in England