Daniel was born on 22 April 1957 in London, England, as "Daniel Chatto St George Sproule". He is the son of Thomas Chatto St George Sproule (1920–1982), better known as the actor
Tom Chatto, and his wife, Rosalind Joan Thompson (died 2012), better known as the
theatrical agent Ros Chatto.[2] He has an elder brother, James Chatto, a food writer in Toronto who is the father of comedian
Mae Martin.[3]
In 1987, he legally changed his name by a
deed poll from Daniel Chatto St George Sproule to Daniel St George Chatto. At the same time, his mother, also using a deed poll, abandoned her married surname of Sproule in favour of Chatto.[1][4]
Samuel David Benedict Chatto (born 28 July 1996) who is 29th in the line of succession to the British throne as of May 2023. He studied at
Eton, read History of Art at the
University of Edinburgh, and now works as a sculptor, based in West Sussex.[6]
(Lieutenant) Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 5 February 1999) who is 30th in the line of succession to the British throne and a former page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II (his grand-aunt) from 2009 to 2015. He also attended Eton and the University of Edinburgh, and worked as a personal trainer.[7] As of January 2023, he is serving with the Royal Marines.[8]
^The London Gazette. 28 September 1987. The notice states "by Deed Poll dated 26 June 1987 and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 18 September 1987, DANIEL ST. GEORGE CHATTO ... a Commonwealth citizen, abandoned the name DANIEL CHATTO ST. GEORGE SPROULE and assumed the name DANIEL ST. GEORGE CHATTO".