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2 unusual facts about Hugh Cholmondeley


Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley

He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother George, who had already been elevated to the peerage in his own right as Baron Newborough.

St Oswald's Church, Malpas

The monument in the Cholmondeley chapel was erected in 1605 and represents Sir Hugh Cholmondeley and his second wife, Mary.



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The Cholmondeley Ladies

The painting was in the collection of Thomas Cholmondeley, the third son of Sir Hugh Cholmondeley and his wife Lady Mary Cholmondeley (née Holford), who was an ancestor of Baron Delamere.