The phrase "a splendid chap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone in a positive light, often in a friendly or informal context.
Example: "Everyone in the office agrees that Tom is a splendid chap; he always brings a smile to our faces."
Alternatives: "a wonderful guy" or "a fantastic fellow."
"I never met Matthew but I'm sure he was a splendid chap.
Button is a splendid chap, and Ross Brawn is a masterful engineer and organizer.
Being such a splendid chap, he thought he deserved to live forever, so ordered his most learned courtiers to travel north, south, east and west and bring back herbs to make him immortal.
Lord Grantham: "Are we living under a curse, doomed to lose our lady's maids at regular intervals?" Tony Gillingham to Lady Mary, making a strong case for himself: TG: "Look, I never met Matthew, but I'm sure he's a splendid chap".
There have been suggestions that some of your exchanges make you look like Flashman... Cameron: Splendid chap, Flashman.
McKenzie has been a devoted Who fan since childhood, recently had a story published in a fan anthology and last year alone ran no fewer than 21 local and interstate sessions of a live-panel/podcast called Splendid Chaps, which discussed and debated all things Who.
The academic cites his paper on Rockall, published in the Journal of Historical Geography, to argue: In the original paper, I was not trying to say that Rockall's early explorers were a cut above the rest (splendid chaps – all of them).
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, seized on the incident as proof that western powers are bent on overthrowing splendid chaps such as himself.
Your blogger first recalls attending its launch in 1993 when Michael Hughes (a charming chap with a splendid military moustache) forecast that the FTSE 100 would reach 7,000 by the year 2000.
Have a splendid Easter weekend.
