Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere ( /ˈtʃʌmli/; born 18 January 1934), styled The Honourable from birth until 1979, is a British peer.[1] He is a well known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya.[2]
Personal
Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, whom he succeeded as baron in 1979.[3] His mother was Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, granddaughter of the Duke of Buccleuch and of the Duke of Rutland.[1] Cholmondeley was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[4]
On 11 April 1964, Cholmondeley married Anne Renison, daughter of Sir Patrick Renison.[1] The couple had one son:
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] Baron Delamere lived, worked and invested his life in building modern Kenya.
Notes
- ^ a b c d Peerage: 5th Baron Delamere, ID #68399
- ^ Wright, Rupert "The Kennedys of Kenya," The Spectator (London). April 11, 1998.
- ^ Peerage: 4th Baron Delamere, ID #13979
- ^ 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. 10-ISBN 0-333-38847-X; 13-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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*Current substantive hereditary barons, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest ** ranks much higher as Master of the Horse *** Lords Grimston, Renwick, St Helens & Margadale cede precedence to the earlier-created life peer Lord Chalfont
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