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Occupation. Farmer, politician. Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, KCMG (28 April 1870 – 13 November 1931), styled The Honourable from birth until 1887, was a British peer. He was one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya . Lord Delamere was the son of Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, and his second ...
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. He is a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1]
25 de abr. de 2024 · Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere was a leader of European colonists in British East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya). Controversial and outspoken, Delamere was the central figure of the white community in Kenya. He believed that civilization could be brought to Africa only by European.
4 de ago. de 2014 · When Hugh was 21 he went to Somaliland to hunt, and became hooked. He returned there every year, on one occasion being mauled by a lion, an incident that left him with a permanent limp. His African travels began to plant in Delamere’s mind the idea of settling on the continent. But where? He was rapidly running through his inheritance.
Some of the notable members of the Happy Valley set were: Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere and his son and heir Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere; Denys Finch Hatton, his lover Karen Blixen; Bror von Blixen-Finecke; Sir Jock Delves Broughton and wife Diana Delves Broughton; Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll; Lady Idina Sackville; Alice...
29 de nov. de 2019 · The third Lord Delamere, aka Hugh Cholmondeley, had just turned 28 in 1898 when he visited Africa for the first time. Like other Europeans at the time, he was first attracted to Africa by the sheer prospect of adventure.
The eldest son of this marriage was named Hugh Cholmondeley (1811-1887) (Welsh Church records state 1812 as being the year of birth) and he became the 2nd Lord Delamere of Vale Royal in 1855 upon the death of his powerful, heavy handed, domineering, head-strong and influential father, Thomas.
