Stephen Chapman was the second son of the economist
Sir Sydney Chapman, Chief Economic Adviser to HM Government, and Lady (Mabel Gwendoline) Chapman. He was educated at
Westminster School, where he was a
King's Scholar and captain of school, and
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an entrance scholar and major scholar. At Cambridge, he won the
Browne Medal in 1927 and 1928, as well as the
John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship in 1928. He graduated with first-class honours in Part I (1927) and Part II (1929) of the
classical tripos. Turning to the law, Chapman was an entrance scholar at the
Inner Temple in 1929 and won the Jardine studentship in 1931. He achieved first-class honours at the 1931 Bar finals, as well as a certificate of honour. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1931. == References ==