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Thomas Cholmondeley (1726-1779) (1968–2016), Kenyan farmer, son and heir of the 5th Baron Delamere, convicted of manslaughter (7 May 2009)
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Thomas Cholmondeley may refer to: * Thomas Cholmondeley (1627–1702), Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire 1670–1679 and 1685–1689 * Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779), MP for Cheshire 1756–1768 * Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere (1767–1855) * Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (1900–1979) * Thomas Cholmondeley (farmer) Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (; 19 June 1968 – 17 August 2016) was a Kenyan farmer. He was the great-grandson of the 3rd Baron Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya, and was heir to the Delamere tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cholmondeley (1627–1702)
Thomas Cholmondeley (15 September 1627 – 26 February 1702), of Vale Royal, Cheshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1687. He was elected MP for Cheshire in 1670 and 1685 and was Sheriff of Cheshire from 1660 to 1661. Biography Cholmondeley was born on 15 September 1627, the third son of Thomas Cholmondeley (1595 – 1653) of Vale Royal, Cheshire and Elizabeth Minshull, daughter of John Minshull of Minshull and Frances Egerton of Oulton. He married, firstly, Jane Tollemache (d. 18 April 1666), daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk and Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington, by whom he had six sons and seven daughters: * Robert Cholmondeley * Thomas Cholmondeley * John Cholmondeley * Hugh Cholmondeley * Francis Cholmondeley * Elizabeth Cholmondeley * Catherine Cholmondeley * Jane Cholmondeley * Mary Cholmondeley * Unknown Cholmondeley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. As a county palatine it was unrepresented in the Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen VIII. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two Knights of the Shire from 1545, with only County Durham out of the English counties being left unrepresented after that. It was divided between the constituencies of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1832. Members of Parliament 1545–1659 * ''Constituency created'' (1545) * ''Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament'' (1654) 1659–1832 * ''Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament'' (1659) *''Constituency abolished'' (1832) See also *List of former United Kingdom Parliament constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779)
Thomas Cholmondeley (24 June 1726 – 2 June 1779), of Vale Royal, Cheshire was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1756 and 1768. He was elected MP for Cheshire in 1756 and 1761. Biography Cholmondeley was born on 24 June 1726, the third son of Charles Cholmondeley (1685 – 1756) of Vale Royal, Cheshire and Essex Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt of Stratford, Wiltshire. He attended Westminster School from 1740 to 1743 and was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1743. On 29 October 1764 he married Dorothy Cowper, daughter of Edmund Cowper of Overleigh in Cheshire, by whom he had six sons and three daughters: * Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere * Charles Cholmondeley * Charles Cholmondeley (6 June 1770–5 December 1846) married on 13 January 1794, Caroline-Elizabeth Smyth (1773–1818), daughter of Nicholas Smyth of Cubley, Shropshire; sister and coheir of Nicholas Owen Smyth Owen of Condover. * Hugh Cholmondeley * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere
Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere (; 9 August 1767 – 30 October 1855), was a British peer and Member of Parliament.History of Parliament Online: Cholmondeley, Thomas (1767–1855), of Vale Royal, Cheshire. Accessed Nov 2018. Background 
He was the son of Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779), for
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Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
Captain Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (; 19 August 1900 – 13 April 1979), styled The Honourable Thomas Cholmondeley from birth until 1931, was a British peer. Popularly known (from 1931) as Tom Delamere, he lived on and owned the vast estate known as Soysambu Ranch in Kenya. Early life Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, whom he succeeded in 1931. His mother was Lady Florence Anne Cole, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who was the daughter of Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen. Cholmondeley was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was educated at Eton. During the Second World War he served with the Welsh Guards and achieved the rank of Captain. Lands and estates In this period, the Cholmondeley family continued to own ancestral land and estates in Cheshire in the North of England. However, Lord Delamere lived, worked and invested most of his life in buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
