Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet

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Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet (26 May 1782 – 23 December 1874), also known as Sir George Cholmley was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer. He took the name Cholmley to succeed to the Cholmley estates in 1865.

Life

Strickland was the second son of Sir William Strickland, 6th Baronet, of Boynton in Yorkshire, but his older brother died before him and he inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1834. Strickland inherited Boynton Hall and was Lord of the Manor of Wintringham.^[1]

Strickland began his career in the law, being

In 1841, he was instead elected member for Preston,^[6] a constituency he served for a further sixteen years.^[7][8] He remained a reforming member throughout his career, also advocating church reform and relief for dissenters.^{[citation needed]}

Strickland was a well known breeder of racehorses. He lived mainly at Boynton, though his address is recorded as Hildenley in his return as MP for Yorkshire in 1831.^[2] In 1844 it seems to have been his opposition that was the principal objection to a projected railway joining Bridlington and York, proposed by George Hudson, which would have passed through Boynton; the railway was never built.^{[citation needed]}

In 1865, he inherited from Nathaniel Cholmley extensive estates at Whitby, Howsham and North Elmsall. In accordance with the terms of Cholmley's will, Strickland adopted by Royal Licence^[9] the surname Cholmley and the arms of Cholmley and Wentworth in place of his own and lived the remaining nine years of his life as Sir George Cholmley. On his death in 1874, however, his eldest son and heir Charles reverted to the Strickland surname and arms.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and children

Strickland married Mary Constable, daughter of the Reverend Charles Constable of Wassand in 1818. They had three sons and at least one daughter.^{[citation needed]}

1. Charles, the eldest son, succeeded to the baronetcy was one of the first winners at Henley Royal Regatta.
2. Frederick, the middle son, was friends with
   Mount Washington, New Hampshire—Galton described^[10]
3. Lucy Henrietta Strickland (1822–8 July 1871), daughter, married, on 19 December 1844, to James Marriott (died 10 October 1871).^[citation needed]
4. Henry, the youngest son, by whom are descended the Strickland-Constables of Wassand who now hold the
   baronetcy, which they inherited after the direct Strickland line failed in 1938.^{[citation needed}
   ]