 The Marquess was a teetotal Quaker and closed all the alehouses on the estate.One moiety part of the ancient office of Lord Great Chamberlain is a Cholmondeley inheritance.This hereditary honour came into the Cholmondeley family through the marriage of the first Marquess of Cholmondeley to Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.