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Dictionary of
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Origin of the Surname CHOLMONDELEY.
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CHOLMONDELEY
(Norman) The place at the gorge or neck of the mountain; from col,
a strait or defile, and mond or mont, a hill. This name is
pronounced Chumley. An English gentleman meeting the Earl of
Cholmondeley one day coming out of his own house, and not being acquainted with
him, asked him if Lord Chol-mond-e-ley (pronouncing each syllable
distinctly) was at home. "No," replied the peer, without
hesitation, "nor any of his pe-o-ple."
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