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 CHOLMONDELEY 203 "Lady Newburgh," 13 Sep. 1723. He d. at Whitehall, 7, and was bur. ij May 1733, at Malpas. Will pr. May 1733. EARLDOM in. VISCOUNTCY [I.] V. BARONY. IV. 3, 4, and 3. George (Cholmondeley), Earl of Cholmondeley, fe'c, also Viscount Cholmondeley ofKells, Cffc. [I.],2nd('') but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 2 Jan. 1702/3. M.P. 1733. (Whig) for East Looe, 1724-27; for Wind- sor, 1727-33; Gov. of Chester, 1725-70. K.B. (under the style of Viscount Malpas), 27 May 1725, on the revival of that order. Master of the Robes, 1726-27; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1727-29; Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales, 1728-35; Lord Lieut, and Vice Admiral of Cheshire 1733 till his death; Lord Lieut, of North Wales (except Denbigh), 1733-61; a Lord of the Treasury, 1735-36; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1736-43; Chamberlain of Cheshire, 1736 till his death; P.C. 21 May 1736; Lord Lieut, of Montgomeryshire, 1737-61; Lord Privy Seal, Dec. 1743 to Dec. I744;('') Joint Vice Treasurer [I.] 1744-57. He was also Col. in the Army, 1745; Maj. Gen. 1755; Lieut. Gen. I759.(') He 7w., 14 Sep. 1723, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Mary, da. of Robert (Walpole), 1st Earl of Orford, by his ist wife, Catherine, da. of John Shorter. She (whose issue, in 1797, on the death of her brother Horace, the 4th Earl, became her father's representatives) d. 1 Jan. 173 1/2, at Aix in Provence, aged 26, and was bur. at Malpas, 25 Apr. 1732. He d. 10, and was bur. 21 June 1770, at Malpas, aged 67. C*) Will pr. June 1770. [George Cholmondeley, ^A'/^^/Viscount Malpas, s. and h. ap., b. 1 7 Oct. 1 724, in the par. of St. Geo., Han. Sq. M.P. (Whig) for Bramber, 1 754-6 1 ; for Corfe Castle, 1761-64. A volunteer at the battle of Fontenoy, and be- came eventually Lieut. Col. of the 65th Regt. He also held a command against the Rising in 1745. He w., 19 Jan. 1746/7, Hester, da. and h. of Sir Francis Edwardes, 3rd Bart., of "The College," Shrewsbury, by his 2nd wife, Hester,() da. and coh. of John Lacon, of West Coppies, Salop. He d. v.p., of inflammation of the bowels, 15, and was bur. 27 Mar. 1764, at Malpas, aged 39. Admon. 10 Apr. 1764 to a creditor. His widow d. at (') An elder brother, James, d. v.p., an infant. V.G. () For this and other great offices of State see vol. ii, Appendix D. if) There seems to be no warrant for Doyle's statement that he was a Lord of the Bedchamber in 1753. V.G. ('^) " A vain empty man, shoved up so high by his father-in-law, Sir Robert Walpole, and fallen into contempt and obscurity by his own extravagance and insufficiency." (Horace Walpole). V.G. (*) She, as Dame Hester Edwardes, widow, d. at Hampton Court Palace, 10 Apr. 1805, at the great age of 98.