Sir Richard Cholmeley (c. 1579 – 23 September 1631) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.
Cholmeley was the son of Sir Henry Cholmeley and his wife Margaret Babthorpe, daughter of Sir William Babthorpe.
[1] Cholmeley died aged 51 and was buried in the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, Whitby where his widow erected a marble and alabaster monument.
His second son, Henry, was a political figure of some importance.
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