William Cholmeley

For Sir William Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet, see Cholmeley baronets.

William Cholmeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626.

Cholmeley was the son of Sir Henry Cholmeley, of Burton Coggles, Lincolnshire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in Autumn 1612 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 12 August 1614.[1] In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn for the Happy Parliament, and was re-elected MP for Great Bedwyn in 1625. He was elected MP for Thirsk in 1626.[2] He became an Ancient of Gray's Inn in 1638.[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Francis Popham
Sir Giles Mompesson
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
1624-1625
With: Hugh Crompton
Sir John Brooke
Succeeded by
John Selden
Sir Maurice Berkeley
Preceded by
Henry Belasyse
Henry Stanley
Member of Parliament for Thirsk
1626
With: Henry Belasyse
Succeeded by
Christopher Wandesford
William Frankland
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