John Chandler (clergyman)

John Chandler (16 June 1806 – 1 July 1876) was an English clergyman and translator of Latin hymns, and the compiler of The Hymns of the Primitive Church.

He was born at Witley Manor near Godalming in Surrey, where his father (John Flutter Chandler, died 1837) was the vicar of Witley. Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he obtained his BA in 1827 and MA in 1830. He became curate of Witley and succeeded his father as vicar in 1839, remaining there until his death. He married Caroline Mary Brownlow in 1841.