William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley ( /ˈtʃʌmli/; 31 March 1800 – 16 December 1884), styled Lord William Cholmondeley from 1815 until 1870, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.[1]
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Cholmondeley was a direct descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the younger son of George James Cholmondeley, who had been created the first Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. His mother was the former Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, second daughter and co-heir of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.[2]
Cholmondeley's elder brother, George, succeeded to his father's title in 1827; and he became the 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley. However, when he died without issue in 1870, the title passed to his younger brother.[2] Like his grandfather,[3] and his elder brother,[4] Cholmondeley was educated at Eton. In 1818, he matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
In 1822, Cholmondeley was elected to the House of Commons for Castle Rising, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. He remained out of Parliament for the next twenty years. In 1852, Cholmondeley was again successful for South Hampshire, representing it for the next five years until 1857.[1]
In 1870, Cholmondeley acceded to his elder brother's title as the third Marquess of Cholmondeley; and he entered the House of Lords.[1]
On 28 February 1825, Cholmondeley married Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot, daughter of Charles Arbuthnot,[2] at Cholmondeley House, which was then in Piccadilly, London.[1] The children of that marriage were:
Cholmondeley's wife died in 1878. Six years after her death, he died aged 84 in December 1884. As both sons had died before him, Cholmondeley was succeeded in his titles by his grandson George, who was eldest living son of the former Viscount Malpas.[5]
The family seats are Houghton Hall, Norfolk, and Cholmondeley Castle, which is surrounded by a 7,500 acres (30 km2) estate near Malpas, Cheshire.[6]
The marquis was a teetotal Quaker and closed all the alehouses on the estate.[7]
One moiety part of the ancient office of Lord Great Chamberlain is a Colmondeley inheritance.[8] 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.[9] The second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh holders of the marquessate have all held this office; but Lord William did not take on the responsibilities of this court function.
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| Preceded by Earl of Rocksavage Fulk Greville Howard |
Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1822 – 1832 With: Fulk Greville Howard |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Lord Charles Wellesley Henry Combe Compton |
Member of Parliament for South Hampshire 1852 – 1857 With: Henry Combe Compton |
Succeeded by Sir Jervoise Clarke Clarke-Jervois Ralph Heneage Dutton |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by George Horatio Cholmondeley |
Marquess of Cholmondeley 1870 – 1884 |
Succeeded by George Henry Hugh Cholmondeley |
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