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
1826 – 1831
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
1847 – 1852
With: Robert Adam Christopher
Succeeded by
James Stanhope
Robert Adam Christopher
Preceded by
James Stanhope
Robert Adam Christopher
Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire
1857 – 1874
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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