Charles Turner - Portrait of Charlotte Cholmondeley and son Henry

Georgiana Charlotte Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (7 August 1764 – 23 June 1838), formerly Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, was the wife of

George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, (; 11 May 1749 – 10 April 1827), styled Viscount Malpas between 1764 and 1770 and known as The Earl of Cholmondeley between 1770 and 1815, was a British peer and politician. Background ...

. She was the daughter of

Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (171412 August 1778), styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1715 to 1723 and Marquess of Lindsey from 1735 to 1742, was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. ...

, and his second wife

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. She married the marquess, then still an earl, on 25 April 1791 in London. They had three children:G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 128. *Lady Charlotte Georgiana Cholmondeley (February 1795 – 24 June 1828), who married Lt.-Col.

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, son of Admiral

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, and had children *

George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, PC (; 16 January 1792 – 8 May 1870), styled Viscount Malpas until 1792 and Earl of Rocksavage between 1792 and 1827, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between ...

(16 January 1792 – 8 May 1870) *

William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley (; 31 March 1800 – 16 December 1884), styled Lord Henry Cholmondeley from 1815 until 1870, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Family and education Cholmond ...

(31 March 1800 – 16 December 1884) The earl already had an illegitimate daughter, Harriet, born around 1790 to his mistress, Madame Saint-Albin. Also living in the household was Georgiana Seymour, an illegitimate daughter of an earlier mistress, Grace Dalrymple; Georgiana's father was probably the

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. Through the marriage between the earl and Georgina Bertie, the ancient hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain (which had been held by her brother,

Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, PC (17 October 1756 – 8 July 1779), styled Lord Robert Bertie until 1758 and Marquess of Lindsey between 1758 and 1778, was a British peer. He was born in Grimsthorpe, the second son ...

, until his death in 1779) passed into the Cholmondeley family. Georgina's son

George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (; 16 January 1792 – 8 May 1870), styled Viscount Malpas until 1792 and Earl of Rocksavage between 1792 and 1827, was a British peer and Lord G ...

, shared the position. Portcullis

Deed of Covenant and Agreement between Lord Willoughby de Eresby, The Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley and the Marquis of Cholmondeley re the exercise of the Office of Hereditary Great Chamberlain (16 May 1829).
In 1795, the marchioness (then still a countess) was appointed a

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to the Princess of Wales. Their family home was Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, which was rebuilt in 1801-04 according to the earl's own design. In 1815 he was created Marquess of Cholmondeley, making his wife a marchioness. Lord Cholmondeley, who was fifteen years his wife's senior, died in 1827, and was succeeded by his eldest son

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. The dowager marchioness died at Carlton House Terrace in London, aged 73.

References

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