Rev. Horace George Cholmondeley

11th Oct 1796 - 16th Nov 1851

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Claimed apparently unsuccessfully for an annuity of £100 p.a. left to his wife under the will of her father Godschall Johnson I (q.v.).

  1. Son of George James Cholmondeley, Receiver-General of Exercise (1752-1830) and Marcia Pitt, daughter of John Pitt of Encombe and sister of William Morton Pitt MP of Kingston House. G.J. Cholmondeley's third wife Mary Elizabeth (née Townshend) subsequently m. 2nd Earl of Romney. William Morton Pitt had joined the London Committee of SEAST as one of 4 new members Dec. 1787 - Jan. 1788. G.J. Cholmondeley left £180,000 in personalty at his death.

  2. H.G. Cholmondeley m. 31 August 1825 Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Godschall Johnson I (d. 18 April 1837). Curate Stokenham Devon 1820.

  3. H.G. Cholmondely leased No. 10 Park Village West (designed by 'the office of John Nash' c. 1834-7).


Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim no. 387 (Holly & Savanna).

  1. Thomas Clarkson, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament (London, John W. Parker, 1839), Vol. 1 Chapter XXI p. 227. Ancestry.com, Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal [database online]; W.D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A directory of British wealth-holders Vol. 1 1809-1839 (2009) pp. 327-328, reference 1830/35.

  2. Ibid. p. 227. The National Archives, Kew, Devon Record Office 3031A/PI 3,4.

  3. http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/nash/4.html [accessed 25/10/2012]. Survey of London via http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65204 [accessed 25/10/2012].


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Children
Mary Louisa Cholmondeley (1826-1889)
Occupation
Clergyman
Religion
Church of England

Associated Claims (1)

£3,461 17s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)

Relationships (1)

Son-in-law → Father-in-law