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CHOLMELEY, HENRY JAMES, third son of Montague Cholmeley, Easton Hall, Grantham, Lincs., and Sarah, sister of Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp (qv); b. 28 Oct 1776; adm.; KS 1792; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1796, matr. 25 May 1796, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1796 - Oct 1805, Faculty Student 31 Oct 1805 - void by marriage 17 Jun 1811; BA 1800; MA 1803; MB 1804; MD 1807; FRCP 25 Jun 1810, Censor 1814, 1824, 1834; Physician to Guy’s Hospital from 1811; practised in the City and East End of London; m. 11 Jun 1811 Eliza, third dau. of William Havard, South Lambeth, Surrey; d. 14 Jun 1837.

CHOLMELEY, MONTAGU, son of James Cholmeley, Easton, Lincs., and Catherine, d. of John Woodfine, Ratley, Warwicks.; bapt. South Stoke, Lincs. 17 Sep 1711 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1724; left 1727/8; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Feb 1727/8; BA 1731; migrated to Magdalen Coll., Fellow from 1733; MA 1734; BD 1744; DD 1749; ordained deacon (Oxford) 5 Jun 1737; Rector of Cadeby, Lincs., 1742-78; Vicar of Shoreham, Lincs., [check name of parish] 25 Jul 1751; Vicar of Candlesby, Lincs., 27 Jul 1752-6; Vicar of Saltfleetby All Saints, Lincs., from 4 Nov 1756; d. 5 Feb 1785.

CHOLMELEY, ROBERT, brother of Henry James Cholmeley (qv); b. 29 Apr 1780; adm.; Min. Can. 1795; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, scholar 23 Apr 1796, matr. 25 Apr 1796; BA 1800; MA 1803; BD 1812; Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll., 1803-13; ordained; held curacies at Beckenham, Kent, Lewes, Sussex, and Leeds, Yorks.; Rector of Wainfleet, Lincs., from 15 Jan 1817; m. 26 Mar 1813 Maria Anna, dau. of John Miller, New York, U. S. A., and Woolwich, Kent; d. 30 Jul 1852.

CHOLMONDELEY, CHARLES COWPER, eldest son of Charles Cholmondeley, Overlegh, Cheshire, and Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Smythe, Cubley, Shropshire; grandson of Thomas Cholmondeley (qv); b. 28 Sep 1795; adm. Midsummer 1808; left 1812; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1814; BA 1818; MA 1822; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Moreton Say, Shropshire, 10 May 1822 (still 1829); Rector of Marton-in-Craven, Yorks., 25 Jun 1822; Rector of Hodnet, Shropshire, from 8 Jun 1827; m. 22 Jun 1822 Mary, dau. of Rev. Reginald Heber, Hodnet Hall, Shropshire, Rector of Chelsea, and sister of Richard Heber MP, book collector; d. 5 Feb 1831.

CHOLMONDELEY, GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY, son of Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley, and Elizabeth, second dau. of George Cradock, Caverswall Castle, Staffs.; b.; at school under Busby (DNB); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Sep 1680; DCL 9 Nov 1695; adm. Inner Temple 1680; Cornet, Independent Troop of Horse, 20 Jun 1685; Capt., Lord Dover’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Sep 1685; Queen Consort’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Jun 1686; Maj., 16 Nov 1687; joined Earl of Devonshire at Nottingham in support of William of Orange, 1688; Lieut. -Col., 1st Troop of Life Guards, at battle of the Boyne, 1690; distinguished himself at battle of Steinkirk, 1692; Col., 1st Troop Horse Guards, 4 Oct 1693 (on its formation); Brig. -Gen. of the Horse, 17 Jan 1697; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1702; Lieut. -Gen. of the Horse, 1 Jan 1703/4; Col., 3rd Troop, Horse Guards, 11 Feb 1714/5; General of the Horse, 1 Mar 1727; MP Newton Mar 1689/90 - Oct 1695; a Groom of the Bedchamber to William III c. Jan 1692 - Mar 1702; created Baron Newborough (I) 15 Mar 1714/5 and Baron Newburgh (GB) 2 Jul 1716; succ. brother as 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (GB) 18 Jan 1724/5; Lord Lieut., Cheshire, from 7 Apr 1725; Lord Lieut., North Wales, from 7 Apr 1725; Governor of Guernsey from Oct 1732; FRS 9 Jun 1615; reputed author of Verses and a Pastoral, spoken in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 21 May 1683, printed in Examen Poeticum, 1693; m. Anna Elisabeth, dau. of Aelbert van Ruytenburgh, Ghent, Flanders; d. 7 May 1733. DNB.

CHOLMONDELEY, HUGH, brother of Charles Cowper Cholmondeley (qv); b. 1 Jul 1797; adm. 23 Jun 1808; left 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1815.

CHOLMONDELEY, HON. ROBERT, brother of George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt) 1678; d. 2 Feb 1678/9, aged 13. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in north aisle of nave.

CHOLMONDELEY, THOMAS, third son of Charles Cholmondeley MP, Vale Royal, Cheshire, and Essex, dau. of Thomas Pitt MP, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; b. 24 Jun 1726; adm. Dec 1740; left 1743; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Jun 1743, matr. 1745; succeeded father in Vale Royal estates, 1756; MP Cheshire 28 Apr 1756-68; m. 29 Oct 1764 Dorothy, second dau. of Edmund Cowper, Overlegh, Cheshire; d. 2 Jun 1779.

CHOPE, BASIL STAFFORD, brother of Clement Robert Chope (qv); b. 30 Aug 1868; adm. 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1884; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888.