Education
Born in Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and mill-owner in New South Wales and then Queensland.
politician member of the Australian Senate
Born in Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and mill-owner in New South Wales and then Queensland.
He was a leader among Queensland cane growers, sitting on Mackay Council and serving as mayor in 1904. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it formed in 1909. Chataway was defeated in 1913, after which he became a journalist in Melbourne.
He died in 1925.
In 1906 he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland.