Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere

British hereditary peer (1934–2024)

The Right Honourable

The Lord Delamere

Member of the House of Lords

Lord Temporal

as a hereditary peer
13 April 1979 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by| The 4th Baron Delamere
Succeeded by| Seat abolished [a]
Personal details
Born|

Hugh George Cholmondeley

(1934-01-18)18 January 1934
London, England
Died| 7 October 2024(2024-10-07) (aged 90)
Soysambu Ranch, Kenya
Nationality|

* United Kingdom
* Kenya

Political party| Crossbench
Spouse|

Anne Renison

(m. 1964)​

Children| Hon. Thomas Cholmondeley
Parents|

* Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
* Phyllis Montagu Douglas Scott

Education|

* Eton College
* Magdalene College, Cambridge

Occupation| Farmer

Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere (/ˈtʃʌmli/ CHUM-lee; 18 January 1934 – 7 October 2024), styled The Honourable Hugh George Cholmondeley from birth until 1979, was a British peer. He was a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya, having inherited the Soysambu ranch, which had been in the family since 1906.

## Family and education

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Delamere was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1934,[1][2][3] the eldest son of Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (1900−1979) and Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (1904−1978), granddaughter of both the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 7th Duke of Rutland. Delamere was also descended from the family of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.[4] He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge,[5] where he was awarded a BA in 1955 and an MA in 1959.[6]

On 11 April 1964, he married Anne Willoughby Renison, daughter of Sir Patrick Muir Renison, former Governor of Kenya, and had one son, who predeceased him:

* Hon. Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (19 January 1968–17 August 2016)[7]

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

Delamere died at the Soysambu ranch on 7 October 2024, at the age of 90.[3] His grandson, Hugh Cholmondeley (born 1998), succeeded him as 6th Baron Delamere.

## Work in Kenya

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Delamere, who spent most of his life in Kenya, played a role in the country's post-colonial evolution and development. He resided at Sugoni Farm on the Soysambu estate.[6]

## Notes

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1. ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

## References

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1. ^ "Hugh G. Cholmondele b. 1934". FreeBMD. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
2. ^ "Delamere, Hugh George Cholmondeley 5th Baron, Lord". Europeans In East Africa. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
3. ^ a b Mkawale, Steve (10 October 2024). "End of an era as Baron Delamere takes bow". The Standard. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
4. ^ Hayden, Joseph. (1851). The book of dignities, pp. 527, 565.
5. ^ Wright, Rupert "The Kennedys of Kenya", The Spectator (London). 11 April 1998.
6. ^ a b Burke's Peerage 2003, p. 1072.
7. ^ "Aristocrat Tom Cholmondeley dies aged 48". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

## References

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* Debrett, John, Charles Kidd, David Williamson. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage.[permanent dead link‍] New York: Macmillan. 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). 11 April 1998.

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron

|  Baron Delamere
1979–2024
Member of the House of Lords
(1979–1999) | Succeeded by

Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Baron

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* UK Parliament

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*[m.]: married