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.^[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]

Vale Royal Great House, formerly the seat of the Barons of Delamere -- sold in 1947

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

Notes

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.