Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Cholmondeley GCVO MC DL |
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| Lord Great Chamberlain of England | |
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In office 1968–1990 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess |
| Succeeded by | David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess |
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| Born |
George Hugh Cholmondeley 24 April 1919 St George Hanover Square, London |
| Died | 13 March 1990 (aged 70) Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Lavinia Margaret Leslie (1921–2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence |
Houghton Hall Cholmondeley Castle |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley GCVO MC DL (/ˈtʃʌmli/; 24 April 1919 – 13 March 1990), styled Earl of Rocksavage from 1923 until 1968, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1968 and 1990.
Cholmondeley was born in 1919 in St George Hanover Square, London, 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. His mother was Jewish (from a family from Iraq, India, Germany, and France). Like his great-great-grandfather, his great-granduncle, his great-grandfather, his grandfather, his father and his son, Cholmondeley was educated at Eton. He studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
Cholmondeley served in the 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 Military Cross (MC). When Cholmondeley retired from the military in 1949, he had attained the rank of Major.
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