Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet 1876-1914

On 12th August 1874 [his father] Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet [aged 34] and [his mother] Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.

On 12th June 1876 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet was born to Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet [aged 36] and Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley [aged 27].

From 1899, whilst in the Guards, Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 22] he was Master of the Household Brigade at, Windsor from 1899 until he went to South Africa.

On 18th April 1903 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 26] and Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley [aged 25] were married.

On 14th February 1904 [his father] Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet [aged 64] died. His son Montagu [aged 27] succeeded 4th Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley [aged 26] by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.

On 7th February 1906 [his son] Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet was born to Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley [aged 28].

In 1907 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 30] was appointed Vice-President Of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society.

In 1907 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 30] entered the Kesteven County Council without opposition, and was also a member Of the Grantham Board Of Guardians and Rural District Council, and was a J.P. for the Parts of Kesteven.

On 26th December 1910 [his mother] Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley [aged 62] died.

Between 1912 and 1914 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 35] was Master of the Burton Hounds.

In 1913 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 36] won the Burton Hunt Members' Race in 1913 on "Cardinal".

On 24th December 1914 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet [aged 38] was killed in action at La Bassee, Western Front whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion (RESERVE OF OFFICERS), Grenadier Guards. Germans blew up one of the trenches further along the line, so that they could fire down his line of trench. Captain Cholmeley during an attack rushed forward towards the flank of the company which was and was shot through the head and killed instantaneously. His son Hugh [aged 8] succeeded 5th Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.