William Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Cholmondeley |
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Lord Cholmondeley in 1832
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| Born |
William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley 31 March 1800 |
| Died | 16 December 1884 (aged 84) Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Marcia Arbuthnot (m. 1825; her death 1878) |
| Children | 8 |
| Mother | Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie |
| Father | George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley |
| Education | Eton College |
| Occupation | Politician and peer |
| Religion | Quaker |
William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley (/ˈtʃʌmli/; 31 March 1800 – 16 December 1884), styled Lord Henry Cholmondeley from 1815 until 1870, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Cholmondeley was the younger of two sons born to George, Fourth Earl of Cholmondeley, who was created the first Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. His mother was Lady Georgiana Charlotte, second daughter and co-heir of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. He was a direct descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Like his grandfather, and his elder brother, Cholmondeley was educated at Eton. He then attended Christ Church, Oxford, but apparently left without a degree, as was relatively common among his generation. Cholmondeley's elder brother, George, succeeded to his father's title in 1827 as the 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley.
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 Reform Bill. 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.
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