Everything about David George Philip Cholmondeley 7th Marquess Of Cholmondeley totally explained
David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley,
KCVO (pr. "Chumley") (born
27 June 1960), an English nobleman and the current
Lord Great Chamberlain of
England, technically as a partial holder of that office.
Personal
Cholmondeley is a graduate of
Eton College. He later took classes at the
Sorbonne.
Lord Cholmondeley is unmarried.
Career
Position at court and in the House of Lords
Cholmondeley was a
Page of Honour to
Her Majesty The Queen at the age of 14. He began acting as the hereditary
Lord Great Chamberlain to Her Majesty in
1990.
He is at the present time the only
marquess in the
House of Lords, following the passage of the
House of Lords Act 1999. However, this may change-
- If another marquess be elected as one of the remaining 90 hereditary peers at a subsequent by-election
- If Lord Salisbury cancels his leave. He was Leader of the House of Lords 1994-1997 and as a result was created a life peer in 1998.
- If another is created a life peer. The most likely candidate for this is Lord Lothian, otherwise known as Michael Ancram.
Film
Cholmondeley directed the film adaptation of
Truman Capote's novel
Other Voices, Other Rooms, using the
pseudonym David Rocksavage, derived from his former courtesy title Earl of Rocksavage, which he used before his accession to the marquessate in 1990. He had appeared in a bit part in a 1987 French film,
4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle, directed by
Eric Rohmer.
In 2007 he directed the film "The Wreck" starring
Jean Simmons and
James Wilby, which was filmed in Norfolk. The producer was Nick O'Hagan and the executive producer was Ivan Mactaggart. It will be completed in 2007 and is scheduled for release in 2008.
Lands and estates
The wealth of the Cholmondeley family was greatly enhanced by the 5th Marquess's marriage to
Sybil Sassoon, a member of the
Sassoon family, a
Jewish banking family with origins in
Baghdad and
India, and heiress to her brother
Sir Philip Sassoon.
Cholmondeley maintains two great landed estates,
Houghton Hall and
Cholmondeley Castle.
He ranked 944th in The
Sunday Times Rich List 2006 with an estimated wealth of £60m.
Awards and honors
In the Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2007, Cholmondeley was awarded a
KCVO for his 17 years' service as
Lord Great Chamberlain.
Sources
Other Voices, Other Rooms
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