Charles Cholmondeley (12 January 1685 – 1756) of

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, was a British landowner and

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politician who sat in the

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between 1710 and 1756.

Early life

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and his second wife, Anne St John, daughter of

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and

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, Wilts. In 1702 he succeeded his father to the estates at Vale Royal. He was admitted at St. John’s College, Cambridge on 13 October. 1701 and at

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in August 1709. He married Essex Pitt, daughter of

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(governor) of Stratford Wiltshire on 22 July 1714.

Career

At the 1710 general election Cholmondeley was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Cheshire in a contest. He was a member of the

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and listed as a ‘worthy patriot’. He increasingly involved himself in the attempts of Tory back-benchers to influence policy. By 1712, he changed his allegiance from the

to the March Club. He was returned unopposed in 1713. Some of his Tory supporters in

abandoned him at the

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and he was defeated at the poll. When the

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fled abroad in July 1715, Cholmondeley drank the Jacobite toast with Sir Henry Bunbury and Lord Barrymore. He was returned as MP for Cheshire again in a contest at the 1722 general election. In Parliament, he voted consistently with the opposition. He was elected in a contest again at the 1727 general election. He spoke against the government on the repeal of the Septennial Act on 13 March 1734. At the 1734 general election he was re-elected in a contest again. From then on, he was returned as MP for Cheshire unopposed in

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and

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and continued to vote regularly against the government.

Death and legacy

Cholmondeley died on 30 March 1756. He had three sons and five daughters. Two of his sons predeceased him and he was succeeded in both his estates and his parliamentary seat by his son Thomas Cholmondeley.

References

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