Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet

Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet (5 August 1802 – 18 January 1874)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and baronet.

He was the son of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of John Harrison.[2] In 1831, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3] In 1826, Cholmeley replaced his father as Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham, a seat he held until 1831.[4] He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1836[5] and represented North Lincolnshire from 1847 to 1852 and again from 1857 to 1874.[6]

On 10 February 1829, he married Lady Georgiana Beauclerk, fifth daughter of the 8th Duke of St Albans[5] and his wife Maria née Nelthorpe.They had a daughter and a son, Hugh, who succeeded to the baronetcy.[2]

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References

  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. pp. 669–670.
  3. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 242.
  4. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grantham". Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  5. "ThePeerage - Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  6. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, North Lincolnshire". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt
Edward Cust
Member of Parliament for Grantham
18261831
With: Frederick James Tollemache 1826–1830
Glynne Welby-Gregory 1830–1831
Succeeded by
Glynne Welby-Gregory
James Hughes
Preceded by
Charles Anderson-Pelham
Robert Adam Christopher
Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire
18471852
With: Robert Adam Christopher
Succeeded by
James Stanhope
Robert Adam Christopher
Preceded by
James Stanhope
Robert Adam Christopher
Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire
18571874
With: James Stanhope 1857–1868
Rowland Winn 1868–1874
Succeeded by
Rowland Winn
Sir John Dugdale Astley
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Montague Cholmeley
Baronet
(of Easton)
1831 – 1874
Succeeded by
Hugh Cholmeley


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