Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere ( October 3, 1811 - August 1, 1887 ) was a British peer and politician .
family
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, eldest son of Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn and Lord Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere , was born during the reign of King George III. born. His mother was the great-granddaughter of Prime Minister George Grenville and his father was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole , the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
In 1848 he married Lady Sarah Hay-Drummond († 1859), daughter of Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull . The marriage remained childless. After the death of his first wife, he married Augusta Emily Seymour († 1911), daughter of Sir George Hamilton Seymour , in 1860 . The couple had two children:
- Hugh (April 28, 1870 - November 13, 1931)
- Sybil (born December 29, 1871 - † May 26, 1911)
Political career
Cholmondeley was elected Tory to Parliament for Denbighshire in 1840 . He held the seat until 1841. Then he represented Montgomery in Parliament from 1841 to 1847 . Cholmondeley was then inducted into the House of Lords in 1855 when he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Delamere.
Lands and estates
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During that time, was Vale Royal Abbey her family home in Cheshire ( northern England ). This was then sold in 1947 by Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere .
literature
- Debrett, John, Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, New York: Macmillan, 1990, ISBN 978-0-333-38847-1
- Hayden, Joseph: The book of dignities: containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire , London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851, OCLC : 2359133
- Holland, GD et al .: Vale Royal: abbey and house , Winsford, Cheshire: Winsford Local History Society, 1977, OCLC: 27001031
Web links
- Thomas Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hayden, Joseph: The book of dignities , 1851, pp. 527 and 565
- ↑ Mrs. Burnaby Dies , The New York Times, May 27, 1911
- ↑ Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere of Vale Royal on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
- ↑ Holland, GD et al .: Vale Royal Abbey and House, 1977, pp. 20-32
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Thomas Cholmondeley |
Baron Delamere 1855-1887 |
Hugh Cholmondeley |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cholmondeley, Hugh, 2nd Baron Delamere |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British peer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1811 |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1887 |