Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere (; 9 August 1767 – 30 October 1855), was a British peer and

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.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

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

.Cholmondeley, Thomas (1726–79), of Vale Royal, Cheshire.
Accessed Nov 2018. On his father's side he descended from a younger brother of

Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Leinster Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Leinster (26 June 1584 – 8 October 1659), was an English Royalist and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. Life Cholmondeley was born in Crouchend, Highgate, Middlesex, on 26 June 1584, the so ...

, and Hugh Cholmondeley, father of

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, from whom the Marquesses of Cholmondeley descend. His mother was Dorothy Cowper. Delamere was an indirect descendant of Sir

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...

, the first

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. The Cholmondeleys were long established at their seat at

Vale Royal Abbey Vale Royal Abbey is a former medieval abbey and later country house in Whitegate England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The original building was founded c. 1270 by the Lord ...

, Cheshire which had been in the family since 1615.

Career

Cholmondeley served as

High Sheriff of Cheshire This is a list of Sheriffs (and after 1 April 1974, High Sheriffs) of Cheshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

in 1792 and then in 1796 was elected to the

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for his father's old seat of Cheshire, which he retained until 1812. On 17 July 1821 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Delamere, ''of

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in the

County Palatine of Chester Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county town ...

''. The current baron, the 5th Baron Delamere, paints a picture of his early-19th century ancestor with deft, harsh strokes: :" he 1st Baron Delamerewas an idiot who decided it would be impressive to have a peerage. He thought he had a bargain when he paid 5,000 for it. The only problem was that the going rate was 1,200. Before he came along we had been content to be shire knights in Cheshire, when William the Conqueror gave us the whole county."

Family

On 17 December 1810, Cholmondeley married Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, daughter of

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had ...

, and Charlotte Grenville. That union produced six children and numerous grandchildren: *

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(3 October 1811 – 1 August 1887) married Sarah Hay-Drummund, and later married Augusta Emily Seymour.William the Conqueror database
/ref> * Thomas (4 January 1817 – 10 August 1817) * Thomas Grenville (4 August 1818 – 9 February 1883) married Katherine Lucy Sykes, and later married Violet Maud Parker * Henry Pitt (15 June 1820 – 14 April 1905) married Mary Leigh ::* Francis Grenville (1850–1937). ::* Lionel Berners (1858–1945). ::* Edward Chandos (1860–1957). ::* Henry Reginald (1862–1947). ::* Charles Fiennes (1863–1959). ::* Alice Margarette (18__–1937). ::* Mary Louisa (18__–1947). ::* Rose Evelyn (18__ –1907). ::* Eleanor Caroline (18__–1947). * Henrietta Charlotte (3 June 1823 – 13 August 1874). * Charles Watkin Neville (27 May 1826 – 18 March 1844).—unmarried The marriage of the baron's third son, Henry, produced nine grandchildren; and of these, Lionel would become chaplain to th
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and would write the first English-language history of the isolated

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, including notes of changes which evolved after annexation by Meiji

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in 1875.Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915).
''The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876.''
London: Constable & Co. Cholmondeley died at age 88 in October 1855. He was succeeded in the land, estates and title by his eldest son Hugh Cholmondeley.

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References

* Debrett, John, Charles Kidd, David Williamson. (1990)
''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage.''
New York:

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. * Hayden, Joseph. (1851)
''The book of dignities: containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire.''
London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. * Holland, G. D., ''et al.'' (1977)
''Vale Royal Abbey and House.''
Winsford, Cheshire: Winsford Local History Society. {{DEFAULTSORT:Delamere, Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron 1767 births 1855 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley, Thomas High Sheriffs of Cheshire

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Peers of the United Kingdom created by George IV

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