Everything about George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Of Cholmondeley totally explained
George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley KB,
PC (
2 January 1703–
10 June 1770), known as
Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a
British peer and
Whig politician.
Cholmondeley was the son of
George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Elizabeth van Ruyterburgh (or Ruttenburg). He was elected to the
House of Commons for
East Looe in 1724, a seat he held until 1727, and then represented
Windsor between 1727 and 1733, when he succeeded his father as third Earl of Cholmondeley and entered the
House of Lords. He held office under his father-in-law
Sir Robert Walpole as a
Lord of the Admiralty from 1727 to 1729, as a
Lord of the Treasury from 1735 to 1736 and as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1736 to 1743 (from 1742 to 1743 under the premiership of the
The Earl of Wilmington. From 1743 to 1744 he also served as
Lord Privy Seal under
Henry Pelham and was Joint Vice Treasurer of
Ireland between 1744 and 1757. In 1736 he was admitted to the
Privy Council.
Apart from his political career Lord Cholmondeley was also
Lord Lieutenant of
Cheshire and
South Wales (less
Denbighshire) from 1733 to 1760. He was also involved in the charitable effort to create a home for foundlings in
London, which was hoped would alleviate the problem of
child abandonment. The home became known as the
Foundling Hospital and Cholmondeley sat on its board as a founding Governor.
Lord Cholmondeley married Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, in 1723. He died in June 1770, aged 67. His eldest son
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas, predeceased him and he was succeeded in his titles by his grandson
George, who was created
Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815.
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