Thomas Cholmondeley
Arms of Cholmondeley: Gules, in chief two esquire's helmets argent in base a garb or
Member of Parliament
for Cheshire
In office
1756–1768
Personal details
Born24 June 1726
Vale Royal, Cheshire
Died2 June 1779(1779-06-02) (aged 52)
Resting placeChurch Minshull, Cheshire
SpouseDorothy Cowper
Children
Parents

Thomas Cholmondeley (24 June 1726 – 2 June 1779), of Vale Royal, Cheshire was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1756 and 1768. He was elected MP for Cheshire in 1756 and 1761.[1]

Biography

Cholmondeley was born on 24 June 1726, the third son of Charles Cholmondeley (1685 – 1756) of Vale Royal, Cheshire and Essex Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt of Stratford, Wiltshire.[2] He attended Westminster School from 1740 to 1743 and was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1743.[1]

On 29 October 1764 he married Dorothy Cowper, daughter of Edmund Cowper of Overleigh in Cheshire, by whom he had six sons and three daughters:[2]

  • Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere
  • Charles Cholmondeley
  • Charles Cholmondeley (6 June 1770–5 December 1846) married on 13 January 1794, Caroline-Elizabeth Smyth (1773–1818), daughter of Nicholas Smyth of Cubley, Shropshire; sister and coheir of Nicholas Owen Smyth Owen of Condover.[2]
  • Hugh Cholmondeley
  • Francis Cholmondeley
  • Robert Cholmondeley
  • Hester Cholmondeley
  • Essex Cholmondeley
  • Dorothy Cholmondeley

He died on 2 June was buried on 8 June 1779 at Church Minshull, Cheshire.[2]

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