| Authorised form of name | Cholmondeley; George (c 1666 - 1733); 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley |
| Dates | c 1666 - 1733 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of death | Whitehall, London |
| Date of death | 07 May 1733 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Malpas, Cheshire |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1680), DCL (1695). Inner Temple (admitted 1680)
Career:
Captain of Guards in Queen Consort's Regiment of Horse (1686); Lieutenant-Colonel (1689), then Colonel (1693-1715) of 1st Troop of Horse Guards; commanded the grenadier guards at the Battle of the Boyne (1689) and Steinkirk (1691); Groom of the Bedchamber (1691-1702); MP for Newton (1690-1695); Brigadier General (1697); Major General and Governor of the Forts of Tilbury and Gravesend (1702-1725); Privy Councillor (1706); Lieutenant General of 3rd Troop of Horse Guards (1715-death); Governor of Hull (1725-1732); Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire; Custos Routlorum of Cheshire; Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Flintshire, Merioneth, Carnarvonshire and Anglesey; General of the Horse (1727); Governor of Guernsey (1732-death)
Honours:
Baron Newborough of Newborough, Co Wexford (Irish) 1715; Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in the Isle of Anglesey (Mainland) 1716 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1715 |
| Relationships | Son of Robert Cholmondeley, 2nd Viscount Cholmondeley and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of George Cradock of Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of John Saunders, DD, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford; succeeded his brother Hugh Cholomondeley, 1st Earl and 3rd Viscount Cholmondeley (1725); married Elizabeth, daughter of Baron van Ruytenburg, Governor of Saas van Ghent, and his wife, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Louis de Nassau, Herr van der Leck and Beverwaerde, Field Marshal of the Forces of the States General |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC
References:
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1733), p.269.
Notes:
Proposed by John Theophilus Desaguliers |
| Code | NA8402 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/160 | Bond of George Cholmondeley, Lord Newborough, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 30 June 1715 |