Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere (; born 18 January 1934), styled

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Hugh George Cholmondeley from birth until 1979, is a British peer. He is a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial

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. He was educated at

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.Wright, Ruper
"The Kennedys of Kenya"
''The Spectator'' (London). 11 April 1998. He owns the vast Soysambu Ranch in Kenya.

Personal life

Lord Delamere was the eldest son of Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, whom he succeeded as

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in 1979. His mother was Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, granddaughter of both the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 7th Duke of Rutland. Hugh Delamere (as he is known to family and friends) is an indirect descendant of

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, the first

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. He was educated at Eton, and then went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Graduating with a BA in 1955, he advanced to MA in 1959.''Burke's Peerage 2003'', p. 1072. On 11 April 1964, Cholmondeley married Anne, daughter of Sir Patrick Muir Renison, the former Governor of Kenya. The couple had one son: Hon. Thomas Cholmondeley (usually known simply as Tom; 19 January 1968 – 17 August 2016).

Lands and estates

In this period, the Cholmondeley family continued to own land in

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, and to have other holdings in the country; but the former baronial seat of

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was sold in 1947.Holland, G. D. ''et al.'' (1977). ''Vale Royal Abbey and House,'' p. 32; Westair-Reproductions
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/ref> He inherited the title from his father on 13 April 1979. The Delamere title and the branch of the Cholmondeley family were originally from Cheshire, so in 1987 he was asked to become a JP. Lord Delamere has lived, worked and invested most of his life in building the modern state of Kenya. As of 2003 he continued to live on and own the vast estates at Sugoni Farm, Soysambu, Elmenteita, Kenya.

Notes

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. * Wright, Ruper
"The Kennedys of Kenya,"
''The Spectator'' (London). 11 April 1998. {{DEFAULTSORT:Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron 1934 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Living people Hugh Hugh British emigrants to Kenya White Kenyan people Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Delamere