Thomas Cholmondeley (15 September 1627 – 26 February 1702), of

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was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1670 and 1687. He was elected MP for

in 1670 and 1685 and was

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from 1660 to 1661.

Biography

Cholmondeley was born on 15 September 1627, the third son of Thomas Cholmondeley (1595 – 1653) of Vale Royal,

and Elizabeth Minshull, daughter of John Minshull of Minshull and Frances Egerton of Oulton. He married, firstly, Jane Tollemache (d. 18 April 1666), daughter of

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and Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of

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, by whom he had six sons and seven daughters: * Robert Cholmondeley * Thomas Cholmondeley * John Cholmondeley * Hugh Cholmondeley * Francis Cholmondeley * Elizabeth Cholmondeley * Catherine Cholmondeley * Jane Cholmondeley * Mary Cholmondeley * Unknown Cholmondeley * Anne Cholmondeley * Diana Cholmondeley He married, secondly, Anne St. John, daughter of Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet of

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, by whom he had three sons and a daughter: * Seymour Cholmondeley * John Cholmondeley * Charles Cholmondeley (1685 – 1756) married Essex Pitt, daughter of

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of Stratford,

. * Joanna Cholmondeley He died on 26 February 1702 at Vale Royal and was buried on 2 March at

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, Cheshire. "Had he not lived in times of difficulties and divisions", wrote his Whig neighbour, "he had been the most popular commoner at home and abroad."

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External links

* Hampson, Gillian; Henning, Basil Duke (1983)
"''Cholmondeley, Thomas (1627-1702), of Vale Royal, Cheshire''"
In Henning, Basil Duke (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690.

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. 1627 births 1702 deaths

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