Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet

Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet (5 August 1802 – 18 January 1874)^[1] was a British politician and baronet.

He was the son of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of John Harrison.^[2] In 1831, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] In 1826, Cholmeley replaced his father as Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham, a seat he held until 1831.^[4] He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1836^[5] and represented North Lincolnshire from 1847 to 1852 and again from 1857 to 1874.^[6]

On 10 February 1829, he married Lady Georgiana Beauclerk, fifth daughter of the 8th Duke of St Albans.^[5] They had a daughter and a son, Hugh, who succeeded to the baronetcy.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsC2.htm. Retrieved 30 March 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. pp. 669–670. 
3. ^ 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. pp. 242. 
4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grantham". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons2.htm. Retrieved 1 April 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "ThePeerage - Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p7057.htm#i70570. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
6. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, North Lincolnshire". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm. Retrieved 30 March 2009. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt Edward Cust	Member of Parliament for Grantham 1826 – 1831 With: Frederick James Tollemache 1826–1830 Glynne Welby-Gregory 1830–1831	Succeeded by Glynne Welby-Gregory James Hughes
Preceded by Charles Anderson-Pelham Robert Adam Christopher	Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire 1847 – 1852 With: Robert Adam Christopher	Succeeded by James Banks Stanhope Robert Adam Christopher
Preceded by James Banks Stanhope Robert Adam Christopher	Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire 1857 – 1874 With: James Banks Stanhope 1857–1868 Rowland Winn 1868–1874	Succeeded by Rowland Winn Sir John Dugdale Astley
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Montague Cholmeley	Baronet (of Easton) 1831 – 1874	Succeeded by Hugh Cholmeley