Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779) Explained

Thomas Cholmondeley
Term Start1:1756
Term End1:1768
Birth Date:24 June 1726
Resting Place:Church Minshull, Cheshire
Spouse:Dorothy Cowper

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.

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. He attended Westminster School from 1740 to 1743 and was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1743.

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:

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

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