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 244 CHOLMONDELEY. On 29 March 1661 he was cr. VISCOUNT CHOLMONDELEY OP KELLS, co. Heath [I.], and took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] by proxy 25 Juno following. Ho m. Elizabeth, 2nd da. and coheir of George Cradock, of Caverswall Castle, co. Stafford, by Dorothy, da. of John Saunders, D.D., Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.(») He d. May 1681. Will pr. Nov. 1681. His widow was bur. at Malpas 28 Feb. 1691/2. Viscountcy [I.] 2 and 1. Hugh (Cholmondeley), Viscount Chol- TIL 1681 mondeley ov Kells [I.], s. and h. Mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 8 May 1678, and then aged 16. He was one of the earliest to abandon the Royal cause, and in 1688 was " one of the Nobility and Principal Gentry in arms w ith the Prince of Orange. "( b ) H. was soon rewarded by being cr., 10 April 1689, BARON CHOL- MONDELEY OF NAMPTWICK, co. Chester [E.J, with rem. failing his issue male, to George Cholmondeley, his next surv. br. Lord Lieut, of N. 'Wales 1702-13, and again 1714-25 ; Lord Liout of Cheshire 1704-13 and again 1714-25 ; P.C. 1705. On 29 Dec. 1706, he was cr. VISCOUNT MALPAS AND EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY, both in co. Chester, with a similar spec. rem. to that of tho Barony of 1689. Comptroller of the Household, April to Oct. 1708 ; Treasurer of the Household 170S-13, and again 1714-25. He d. unm. 18 Jauy., and was bur. 3 Feb. 1724/5, at Malpas.( 1 ') Will pr. Feb. 1725. Barony II. 16S9 Earldom I. 1706. Earldom It Viscountcy [I.] IV. Barony III. >1725. Consort's Reg. of Horse. 2, 3 and 2. Geobge (Cholmondeley), Eael Cholmondeley, Baron Cholmondeley of Namttwich, and Baron Newdurgh ; also Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells and Baron Nkwborough [I.J, next surv. br. and h.,who sue. to his Father's Viscountcy [I.], as also, under thespec.rem.,totheEarldom,Viscountcy, and Barony [E.], conferred on his brother abovenamed. He was b. about 1666 ; was ed. at Westm. School ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 2 Sep. 1680. Like his brother he espoused the side of the Prince of Orange, joining in 1688 the northern insurrectionists, having been (1636) Capt. of the Queen Lieut. Col. 1st troop of Horse Guards, 1689, being in command at the battle of the Boyne, and distinguishing himself (1692) at Steinkirk. Groom of the Bedchamber, 1691. He was M.P. for Newton, 1690-95. D.C.L., Oxford, 9 Nov. 1695. By Queen Anne he was, 1702, made Major Gen. and Gov. of the forts of Tilbury and Gravesend, and in 1704, Lieut. Gen. By George I he was made Col. the 3rd troop of Horse Guards, 1715, and finally (1727) Gen. of the Horse. By him he was also cr., 12 April 1715, BARON NEWBOROUGH OF NEWBOROUGH,(<>) co. Wexford [I.], and (within 15 months) was cr. 10 July 1716, BARON NEWBURGH in the isle of Anglesey [G.B.J. After his succession to his brother's peerages he was made Lord Lieut, and Vice-Admiral of Cheshire and Lord Lieut, of North Wales, 1725-33. In Oct. 1732 he was named Gov. of Guernsey; F.R.S., &c. He m., about 1702, Elizabeth, da. to Baron Ruytknburoh, by Anne Elizabeth (sister of Heniy, Earl of Grantham), 5th and yst. da. of Louis de Nassau, Lord of Auverquerque, Field Marshal to the States General. She who was naturalised by Act of Parliament, 1703-4, d. at Whitehall, 16 Jany. 1721. Admon. as " Lady Newburgh," 13 Sep. 1723. He d. at Whitehall 7 May 1733, and was bur. the 17th, at Malpas. Will pr. May 1733. (*) See Grazebrook's "Visitations of Stafford, 1614 and 1664," p. 100, note. ( b ) See list of these Vol. i, p. 28, note "b." («•) Bishop Burnet's character of him (1704) with Dean Swift's remarks thereon, in italics, is " This Lord 13 a great lover of country sports ; is handsome in his person. Good for nothing, as far as ever I know." ( d ) This was the first Irish Peerage conferred by George I. The preamble is given in " Lodge," Vol. v, p. 68.