Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish landowner.'A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire' J.B. p195: London; Henry Colburn; 1845

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p145: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Sir Benjamin had Killua Castle, County Westmeath built as his family home. He was created first baronet of Killua Castle on 10 February 1782. He died in 1810 and was succeeded by his brother Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet.

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