Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley
George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, styled Earl of Rocksavage from 1923 until 1968, was a British peer who served as Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1968 and 1990.
Life and work
Cholmondeley was born in 1919 in St George Hanover Square, London, a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the son of George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley and Sybil Sassoon, of the Jewish Sassoon and Rothschild families. His mother was Jewish. Like his great-great-grandfather, his great-granduncle, his great-grandfather, his grandfather, his father and his son, Cholmondeley was educated at Eton. He studied at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.Cholmondeley served in the British army, initially in the Grenadier Guards and later in the 1st Royal Dragoons. During the Second World War, he saw action in the Middle East, in Italy, in France and in Germany. In 1943, he was decorated with the Military Cross. When Cholmondeley retired from the military in 1949, he had attained the rank of Major.
Cholmondeley succeeded to his father's land, estates and title in 1968. He died at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire in 1990.
Marriage and children
Cholmondeley married Lavinia Margaret Leslie, daughter of Colonel John Leslie, on 14 June 1947. The children of that marriage were:- Lady Rose Aline Cholmondeley ; concert pianist, President of the Chopin Society UK, awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis by the Polish government
- Lady Margot Lavinia Cholmondeley ; married Walter Anthony Huston, has issue, including actor Jack Huston
- Lady Caroline Mary Cholmondeley ; married Rodolphe Frederic d'Erlanger, has issue
- David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley