Background
Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford.
Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford.
He gained the courtesy title of Viscount Malpas when his father succeeded as third Earl of Cholmondeley in 1733. In 1754 he was elected to the House of Commons for Bramber, a seat he held until 1761, and then represented Corfe Castle between 1761 and 1764. Lord Malpas married Hester Edwardes, daughter of Sir Francis Edwardes, 3rd Baronet, in 1747.
He died March 1764, aged 39, predeceasing his father.
Lady Malpas died in 1794.