Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet
Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet (20 March 1772 โ 10 March 1831) was a British politician and baronet.
Early life and family
Montague Cholmeley was born on 20 March 1772, the eldest son of Montague Cholmeley, of
He married twice; firstly, Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of John Harrison, on 14 September 1801.
Career
Cholmeley was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1805[2] and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham from 1820 until 1826, when he retired in favour of his son.[5] In 1821, Cholmeley was Vice-President of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (a Jewish Christian missionary society now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People or CMJ). He was created a baronet, of Easton, in the County of Lincoln on 4 March 1806.[6]
He is buried in Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire with a monument by Robert Blore.[7]
References
Citations
- ^ Salmon and Casey (2009)
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine (1831, pt. i), p. 367
- ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. II (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 1062.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grantham". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 15892". The London Gazette. 22 February 1806. p. 240.
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
Bibliography
- P. Salmon and M. Casey (2009). "Cholmeley, Sir Montague, 1st bt. (1772-1831), of Easton Hall and Norton Place, Lincs." in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher