Saturday 15 November 2014

677 Sir Hugh Cholmeley


Constituency : Grantham  1868-80

Sir  Hugh  was  one  of  two  Liberal  victors  in  Grantham,  displacing  the  Tories  alongside  the  returning  Frederick  Tollemache.

Sir  Hugh  was  a  baronet  and  grandson  of  the  Duke  of  St  Alban's. He  was  educated  at  Harrow. He  served  in  the  Grenadier  Guards  and  reached  the  rank  of  captain.

He  died  in  1904  aged  64.

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