George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, GCVO, MC ( /ˈtʃʌmli/; 1919 – 1990), styled Earl of Rocksavage from 1960 until 1968, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1968 and 1990.[1]
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Cholmondeley was born in 1919, a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the son of George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley and Sybil Sassoon, of the Sassoon and Rothschild family.[2] Like his great-great-grandfather,[3] his great-granduncle,[4] his great-grandfather,[5] his grandfather,[6], his father[2] and his son, Cholmondeley was educated at Eton. He studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge University.[1]
Cholmondeley served in British army, initially in the Grenadier Guards and later in the 1st Royal Dragoons. During the Second World War, he saw action in the Middle East, in Italy, in France and in Germany. In 1943, he was decorated with the award of Military Cross (MC). When Cholmondeley retired from the military in 1949, he had attained the rank of Major.[1]
Cholmondeley's life and career took a turn when he acceded to his father's land, estates and title in 1968, and his inherited title became Marquess of Cholmondeley.[2]
The 6th marquis died at Cholmondeley Castle in 1990.[7]
Cholmondeley married Lavinia Margaret Leslie, daughter of Colonel John Leslie, on 14 June 1947.[1] The children of that marriage were:
Lavinia, the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley, aged 92, lives in Cholmondeley Castle.[9]
The family seats are Houghton Hall, Norfolk, and Cholmondeley Castle, which is surrounded by a 7,500 acres (30 km2) estate near Malpas, Cheshire.[10]
One moiety part of the ancient office of Lord Great Chamberlain is a Cholmondeley inheritance.[11] This hereditary honour came into the Cholmondeley family through the marriage of the first Marquess of Cholmondeley to Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.[12] The second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh holders of the marquessate have all held this office.
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| Preceded by George Cholmondeley |
Marquess of Cholmondeley 1968 – 1990 |
Succeeded by David Cholmondeley |
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