Colonel Edward Chaplin (28 March 1842 – 23 December 1883) was a British Conservative politician.

Chaplin was the son of Reverend Henry Chaplin and Caroline Horatia, daughter of William Ellice. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, was his elder brother.

Chaplin sat as Member of Parliament for Lincoln alongside Charles Seely between 1874 and 1880.

Chaplin married Lady Guendolen Theresa, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1877. He died in December 1883, aged 41. His wife later remarried and died in January 1937.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Chaplin