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Cholmondeley, George, d. 1733
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d. 1733
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.