David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley,, styled Viscount Malpas from birth until 1968, and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1990, is a British peer and filmmaker who serve
Lord Cholmondeley at the Palace of Westminster in 1992, wearing the ceremonial dress of Lord Great Chamberlain and holding a white staff of office, borne by certain senior officers of Royal Households
Houghton Hall, Norfolk
David's second son, Lord Oliver (third from left), in 2023
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Houghton Hall is a country house in the parish of Houghton in Norfolk, England. It is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley
…a member of the House of Lords, with the office of the Lord Great Chamberlain passing to Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington. The family seats are Houghton Hall in Norfolk, and Cholmondeley Castle, which is surrounded by a 7,500-acre (3,000-hectare) estate near Malpas, Cheshire. According to the Sunday Times…
The façade of Houghton Hall in 2007
The façade of Houghton Hall from Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. The corner towers were replaced with domes in the final design.
![Chimneypiece from The Plans, Elevations and Sections, Chimney-pieces and Ceilings [sic] of Houghton in Norfolk, 1735 V&A Museum no. 13095](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Chimneypiece.jpg/500px-Chimneypiece.jpg)
Chimneypiece from The Plans, Elevations and Sections, Chimney-pieces and Ceilings [sic] of Houghton in Norfolk, 1735 V&A Museum no. 13095
Jean-Baptiste Oudry's The White Duck, which was stolen from Houghton Hall in 1990