Thomas Cholmondeley (24 June 1726 – 2 June 1779), of

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was a British landowner and

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politician who sat in the

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between 1756 and 1768. He was elected MP for

in 1756 and 1761.

Biography

Cholmondeley was born on 24 June 1726, the third son of Charles Cholmondeley (1685 – 1756) of Vale Royal,

and Essex Pitt, daughter of

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of Stratford,

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. He attended

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from 1740 to 1743 and was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1743. On 29 October 1764, he married Dorothy Cowper, daughter of Edmund Cowper of Overleigh Hall in Cheshire, by whom he had six sons and three daughters: * Hester Cholmondeley (9 July 1766 – 24 September 1802), married John Drummond, son of banker John Drummond) *

Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere ( ; 9 August 1767 – 30 October 1855), of Vale Royal Abbey, Vale Royal, Cheshire, was a British landowner and politician. He was elected Member of parliament, MP for Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency) ...

(1767–1855) * Charles Cholmondeley (13 October 1768 – 26 October 1768), died in infancy * Charles Cholmondeley (6 June 1770 – 5 December 1846), married on 13 January 1794, Caroline-Elizabeth Smyth (1773–1818), daughter of Nicholas Smyth of Cubley, Shropshire; sister and coheir of Nicholas Owen Smyth Owen of Condover. * Essex Cholmondeley (29 October 1771 – buried 4 November 1848) * Hugh Cholmondeley (18 December 1772 – 25 November 1815),

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* Francis Cholmondeley (1775–1802), died unmarried * Dorothy Cholmondeley (bapt. 29 October 1776 – 18 March 1853), married Thomas Parker of Astle Hall * Robert Cholmondeley (9 February 1778 – 1856) He died on 2 June was buried on 8 June 1779 at Church Minshull, Cheshire.

References

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External links

* Drummond, Mary M. (1964)
"Cholmondeley, Thomas (1726-79), of Vale Royal, Cheshire"
In Namier, L.; Brooke, J. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790.

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