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[Facts] Re: Cholmondeley
It's originally a surname from a place name in Cheshire, England, and according to Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames, the place name meant "Ceolmund's clearing". Ceolmund was an Old English given name formed from words meaning "ship" and "protection". Though like most British surnames Cholmondeley may have been really used as a given name on rare occasions, I think that this one, like Murgatroyd, probably turns up more often for comic and cartoon characters than it does for real people. :)
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Thanks Dr. Evans! I knew someone would have the answer!
Both Cholmondeley and Murgatroyd remind me a bit of Heathcliff, those sort of names that seem to more often appear in fiction than in reality. Thanks again,
Laurie :) Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

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