Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet MP for Yorkshire in 1831. In 1844 it seems to have been his opposition that was the principal objection to a projected railway joining Bridlington and York, proposed by George Hudson, which would have passed through Boynton; the railway was never built. In 1865, he inherited from Nathaniel Cholmley extensive estates at Whitby, Howsham and North Elmsall. In accordance with the terms of Cholmley's will, Strickland adopted by Royal Licence the surname Cholmley and the arms of Cholmley and Wentworth in place of his own and lived the remaining nine years of his life as Sir George Cholmley. On his
George Fleetwood (MP) 1597 until his death. He was knighted in 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Tavistock. Fleetwood married Katherine Denny, daughter of Henry Denny, dean of Chester, and his wife Honora Grey, daughter of William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton and Lady Mary Somerset on 19 April 1586. They had eight sons and 6 daughters. He was the brother of Henry Fleetwood and William Fleetwood. George Fleetwood (MP) Sir George Fleetwood (1564 - 21 December 1620) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611. Fleetwod was the son