Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
The Rt. Hon. Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere (/ˈtʃʌmli/; born 18 January 1934), styled The Honourable Hugh George Cholmondeley from birth until 1979, is a British peer.[1] He is a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[2] He owns the vast Soysambu Ranch in Kenya.
Personal
Lord Delamere was the eldest son of The 4th Baron Delamere, whom he succeeded as baron in 1979.[3] His mother was Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, granddaughter of both The 6th Duke of Buccleuch and The 7th Duke of Rutland.[1] Hugh Delamere (as he is known to family and friends) is an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.[4]
On 11 April 1964, Cholmondeley married Anne Renison, daughter of Sir Patrick Renison.[1] The couple had one son:
- The Hon. Thomas Patrick Gilbert (usually known simply as Tom; b. 19 Jan 1968)[1]
Lands and estates
In this period, the Cholmondeley family continued to own land in Cheshire, and to have other holdings in the United Kingdom; but the former baronial seat of Vale Royal Abbey was sold in 1947.[5] Lord Delamere has lived, worked and invested most of his life in building modern Kenya. He continues to own the vast Soysambu Ranch in Kenya.
Ancestry
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[unreliable source?]
- ↑ Wright, Rupert "The Kennedys of Kenya," The Spectator (London). April 11, 1998.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[unreliable source?]
- ↑ Hayden, Joseph. (1851). The book of dignities, pp. 527, 565.
- ↑ Holland, G.D et al. (1977). Vale Royal Abbey and House, p. 32; Westair-Reproductions: Cheshire, Museum finder
References
- Debrett, John, Charles Kidd, David Williamson. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-38847-1
- Hayden, Joseph. (1851). The book of dignities: containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire. London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. OCLC 2359133
- Holland, G.D et al. (1977). Vale Royal Abbey and House. Winsford, Cheshire: Winsford Local History Society. OCLC 27001031
- Wright, Rupert "The Kennedys of Kenya," The Spectator (London). April 11, 1998.
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