"3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley" William Cholmondeley Hand Written Letter COA

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RARE "3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley" William Cholmondeley Hand Written 4 Page Letter Dated 1871. Documents like this are not available at auction as most are in Museums or Royal collections.
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William
Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley
(
/
ˈ
t
ʃʌ
mli/
; 31 March 1800 – 16 December 1884), styled
Lord
Henry Cholmondeley
from 1815 until 1870, was a British peer and
Conservative
Member
of Parliament.
Cholmondeley was the younger of two sons born to
George, Fourth Earl of Cholmondeley
, who was created the
first
Marquess of Cholmondeley
in 1815. His mother was Lady
Georgiana Charlotte, second daughter and co-heir of
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
. He was a
direct descendant of Sir
Robert Walpole
, the first
Prime
Minister of Great Britain
.
Like his grandfather, and his
elder brother, Cholmondeley was educated at
Eton
. He then attended
Christ Church, Oxford
, but
apparently left without a degree, as was relatively common among his
generation. Cholmondeley's elder brother,
George
, succeeded to his father's title in 1827 as the 2nd
Marquess of Cholmondeley. In 1822, Cholmondeley was elected to the
House of Commons
for
Castle
Rising
, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was
abolished by the
Reform Bill
. He remained
out of Parliament for the next twenty years. In 1852, Cholmondeley was again
successful for
South
Hampshire
, representing it for the next five years until 1857.
Cholmondeley was a member of the
Canterbury Association
from
27 March 1848.
In 1870, Cholmondeley succeeded to his elder brother's title as the third
Marquess of Cholmondeley and entered the
House of Lords
.