David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley

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David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (pr. "Chumley") (born 27 June 1960) is the current Lord Great Chamberlain of England, technically as a partial holder of that office. He is at the present time the only marquess in the House of Lords, following the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. However, this may change should another marquess be elected as one of those 90 at a subsequent by-election, or should the Marquess of Salisbury decide to take up his seat in the House of Lords again.

Cholmondeley received his secondary education at Eton College, then attended the Sorbonne. At the age of 14, he was a Page of Honour to Her Majesty The Queen, and he began acting as the hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain to Her Majesty in 1990.

Additionally, he directed the film adaptation of Truman Capote's novel Other Voices, Other Rooms, using the pseudonym David Rocksavage, derived from his former courtesy title Earl of Rocksavage, which he used before his accession to the marquessate in 1990. He had appeared in a bit part in a 1987 French film, 4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle, directed by Eric Rohmer.

He ranked 944th in The Sunday Times Rich List 2006 with an estimated wealth of £60m.

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• Other Voices, Other Rooms

Court offices
Preceded by David Bland	Page of Honour 1974–1976	Succeeded by Charles Loyd
Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess of Cholmondeley	Lord Great Chamberlain 1990 – present	Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Cholmondeley	Marquess of Cholmondeley 1990 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jack Straw	The Most Hon. the Marquess of Cholmondeley United Kingdom Order of Precedence Gentlemen	Succeeded by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk