Nathaniel Cholmley
British Member of Parliament
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| Intro | British Member of Parliament | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||||
| was | Politician | ||||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 15 November 1721 | ||||||
| Death | 11 March 1791 (aged 69 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||||
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Biography
Nathaniel Cholmley (15 November 1721 – 11 March 1791) was a British Member of Parliament.
Life
He was the son of Hugh Cholmley MP and his wife Catherine, the daughter of Sir John Wentworth, 1st Bt.
He was elected to Parliament for the constituency of Aldborough from 1756–1768 and for Boroughbridge from 1768–1774.
He commissioned the remodelling of his seat at Howsham Hall in North Yorkshire, employing Capability Brown to lay out the parkland.
Family
Cholmley married three times; firstly in 1750, Catherine, the daughter of Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Baronet of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, with whom he had two daughters; secondly, in 1757, Henrietta Catherine, daughter of Stephen Croft of Stillington, Yorkshire who gave him a son and two daughters and thirdly, in 1774, Anne Jesse, daughter of Leonard Smelt of Langton, Yorkshire.