Chaloner Chute

Chaloner Chute (about 1595–1659) was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1659, immediately preceding his death. His great-grandson, John Chute, erected a marble monument to him at The Vyne, Hampshire, and this is a preliminary model for the recumbent figure. It shows Chaloner Chute wearing his Speaker’s robes. The model was once housed in a leather case (probably dating from the 19th century), which was presented to the Museum by the donor in 1911; this no longer survives.

Thomas Carter was one of a dynasty of sculptors and masons who specialised in monuments and chimneypieces. He is recorded as having been paid for the Chute monument in the family chapel at The Vyne, in Hampshire, in 1785, but may have employed another sculptor to execute the work.