| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Henry Pitt Cholmondeley |
| Birth Date: | 15 June 1820 |
| Birth Place: | Whitegate, Cheshire, England |
| Death Place: | Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1844 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 8 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 4 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 11 September |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11625.html Cricinfo |
Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (15 June 1820 – 14 April 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of the Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere, he was born in June 1820 at Whitegate, Cheshire.[1] He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. After gaining his M.A. in 1841, he became a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.[3] Cholmondley played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1844.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 4 runs by Henry Moberly, while in their second innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for the same score by the same bowler.[5] Cholmondeley was ordained in the Church of England and from 1852 was rector at Broadwell with Adlestrop in Gloucestershire. He was made an honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral in 1877.[3] He died at the rectory at Adlestrop in April 1905.[6] He was married to Mary Leigh, with the couple having nine children, among them the historian Lionel Berners Cholmondeley.[7]