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The Diaries

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CHIPS OFF THE BLOCK

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_____| 4_ Henry Channon, Sir 1897-1958                           / |2_ Henry Paul Guinness Chanon, Baron 1935-2007 |                       \                                                           _____| 20_ Edward Cecil Guinness, Sir 1847-1927 |                        \                              _____| 10_ Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, Lord 1874-1967 |                         \                            /                            ¯¯¯¯¯| 21_ Adelaide Mary Guinness |                          ¯¯¯¯¯| 5_ Dorothy Mary Guinness, Lady |                                                     \ |                                                      ¯¯¯¯¯| 11_ Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow, Lady 1881-1966 |--1_ Georgia Honor Margaretha Channon, Hon. |                                                                                   _____| 24_ Percy Scawen Wyndham, Hon. 1835-1911 |                                                       _____| 12_ Guy Percy Wyndham 1865-1941 |                                                      /                            ¯¯¯¯¯| 25_ Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell 1840-1920 |                          _____| 6_ Guy Richard Charles Wyndham 1896-1941 |                         /                           \ |                        /                             ¯¯¯¯¯| 13_ Edwina Virginia Joanna Fitzpatrick |3_ Ingrid Georgia Olivia Wyndham                           \                            ¯¯¯¯¯| 7_ Grethe Wulfsberg

Georgia Channon

 Gore Vidal once said, ‘If that boy isn’t gay, I will eat my hat.’

My Grandfather, "Chips" Channon

By Georgia Channon

Georgia Channon’s grandfather wrote horrible things in his diaries but she still wanted them to be published, warts and all

• The Oldie
• 1 Sep 2021

Both my grandfathers had nicknames. My father’s father, Henry Channon, was called Chips. It is a mystery why he was given this nickname. Did he once live with a Mr Fish at Oxford? Or was he the first person to introduce potato chips or crisps to London? Who knows?

My mother’s father, Richard Wyndham, was nicknamed Whips. Unfortunately, we do know why he was called that. He loved whipping ladies. However, according to his brother, Francis Wyndham, he always whipped the ladies gently, so as not to hurt them, Usually they enjoyed it, regularly returning for more.

Richard ‘Whips’ Wyndham was a terrible father. He was a talented painter and writer and he travelled the globe, being both. He fought at Ypres in 1914 and never really recovered from it. After the war, even when painting or drinking in the Gargoyle Club, he always seemed restless, as if he was continually searching for or possibly running from something. He died in 1948 in Jerusalem, where he was a war correspondent for the Times. He often wore Arab dress and was mistakenly shot dead, aged 52.

Coy Chips or Toothache