Family and Education
b. 18 Apr. 1708, 3rd s. of George Cholmondeley, M.P., 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, and bro. of George Cholmondeley, Lord Malpas. m. Lady Penelope Barry, da. of James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore [I], s.p.; she deserted him in 1736.HMC Egmont Diary, ii. 240, 287-8, 403.
Offices Held
Guidon and maj. 3 Life Gds. 1725, lt.-col. 1731; col. 48 Ft. 1741 – 42, 34 Ft. 1742 – 49; brig.-gen. 1745; maj.-gen. 1747; col. 6 Drags. 1750 – d.; lt.-gen. 1754; gen. 1770.
Lt.-gov. Chester castle 1731 – 70, gov. 1770 – d.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1715-1754
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CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. James (1708-75)
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Oxford 1644
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