- Formed the Francis Chagrin Ensemble and conducted them on BBC Radio's Third Programme and Home Service
- Father of actor Nicolas Chagrin and actor/mime artist Julian Chagrin.
- Composed over 200 scores for films, as well as writing music for theatre and radio.
- Settled in Britain in 1936.
- During the Second World War, between 1941 and 1944, he was a music director (and composer) for the French section of the BBC Overseas Service, for which the French Government later decorated him.
- Studied music in Paris under Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas.
- Qualified as an engineer in Zurich in 1928.
- Founder, The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) in 1943.
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