By an unknown photographer
William Chapman, Lawrence's grandfather (1811-89), was the younger son of Sir
Thomas Chapman of Killua (1756-1837), the 2nd Chapman baronet. William Chapman enjoyed
considerable wealth and social standing and became High Sheriff of County Westmeath. He
lived at South Hill in Delvin, and it was there that Lawrence's father, Thomas
Chapman, grew up.
It was to this house that Lawrence's mother came, a generation later, as a
governess to Thomas Chapman’s daughters.
The Charity Sisters of Jesus and Mary
