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Robert Cholmondeley

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Birth: 1727
Death: 1804

Son of the 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1702/3-1770) and Mary Walpole (1708-1731). Married Mary Woffington in 1746. Five children. (Link)

Cholmondeley was a theologian in 1762. In 1745, as an army lieutenant, he had been demoted following the Battle of Fontenoy. Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantations (1757-1804).1

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Note 1: 'Council of trade and plantations 1696-1782', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3: Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870 (1974), pp. 28-37. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16802&strquery=Robert.... Date accessed: 17 July 2005.


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  • London Journal 1762-1763

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