George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley Personal Computer, styled Viscount Malpas from 1792 to 1815 and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1827, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1830 and 1838.
Background
Cholmondeley was a direct descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of George James Cholmondeley, who had been created the first Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. His mother was the former Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, second daughter and coheir of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
Education
Lord George was educated at Eton, graduating in 1805.
Career
He participated in the coronation of King George IV in 1821, as one of eight eldest sons of peers holding the king"s train. The others were the Earl of Surrey, Marquess of Douro, Viscount Cranborne, Earl of Brecknock, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Rawdon, Viscount Ingestre and Lord Francis Conyngham. In 1817, Cholmondeley was elected to the House of Commons for Castle Rising, a seat he held until 1821, when he was called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father"s junior title of Baron Newburgh.
In 1830, Cholmondeley was admitted to the Privy Council.
In addition, he held the office of Constable of Castle Rising between 1858 and 1870. The family seats are Houghton Hall in Norfolk, and Cholmondeley Castle, which is surrounded by a 7,500 acres (30 km2) estate near Malpas, Cheshire.
One moiety part of the ancient office of Lord Great Chamberlain is a Cholmondeley inheritance. This hereditary honour came into the Cholmondeley family through the marriage of the first Marquess of Cholmondeley to Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
The second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh holders of the marquesate have all held this office.
Membership
5th United Kingdom Parliament. 6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament]
Before being called to the House of Lords, he was a Tory Member of Parliament from 1817 through 1821.