Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, also known as Tom Delamere since 1931 , (born August 19, 1900 , † April 13, 1979 ) was a British peer . He owned the huge Soysambu Ranch in Kenya .
Career
Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, eldest son of Lady Florence Anne Cole and Sir Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere , was born during the reign of Queen Victoria . His mother was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat from a prominent Ulster family. She was the daughter of Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen , a peer whose ancestral home was Florence Court in southwest County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland . Cholmondeley was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole , the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . The family moved to British East Africa (from 1920 crown colony Kenya) around 1906 , where they worked in agriculture.
On June 14, 1924, he married Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (1904-1978), daughter of Lord George William Montagu Douglas Scott (1866-1947; youngest son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch ) and Lady Elizabeth Emily Manners (1878–1924; daughter of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland ). The couple had three children:
- Elizabeth Florence Marion (born December 26, 1925 - 1988)
- Anne Jeannetta Essex (September 2, 1927 - October 18, 2013)
- Hugh George (born January 18, 1934)
After his father's death in 1931, Cholmondeley became the new Baron Delamere . He and his wife divorced in 1944. In June 1944 he married Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley (1906-1986), daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple , a former cabinet minister of the Tory Party , who was the first and only Baron Mount Temple after the second establishment of the title was, and Amalia Mary Maud Cassel. The couple divorced in 1955. On March 26, 1955, he married Diana Caldwell (1913-1987), daughter of Seymore Caldwell, better known as Diana Delves-Broughton .
Baron Delamere died in April 1979 at the age of 79. His son Hugh inherited the lands, estates and title.
Lands and estates
The Cholmondeley family owned land and properties in Cheshire , northern England . Cholmondeley lived, worked, and dedicated most of his life in building the modern state of Kenya. In 1934 he moved with his family to Vale Royal Abbey in England. The British government converted Vale Royal Abbey into a sanatorium for World War II soldiers in 1939 . After the end of the war, Cholmondeley and his family got the property back. In 1947 the house and the property were sold.
literature
- John Debrett, Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, Macmillan, New York 1990, ISBN 978-0-333-38847-1 .
- Joseph Hayden: The book of dignities. Containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire . Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1851, OCLC : 2359133 .
- GD Holland, et al .: Vale Royal: abbey and house , Winsford Local History Society, Winsford, Cheshire 1977, OCLC: 27001031 .
Web links
- Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere of Vale Royal on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord Delamere: Pioneer and Leader in Kenya, The Times (London), November 14, 1931
- ^ Haydn, Joseph: The Book of Dignities , Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, p. 565
- ↑ The Hon Anne Jeannetta Essex Garnett 1927-2013 , Peerage News, October 23, 2013
- ^ Lady Delamere, Figure in Murder , The New York Times, September 5, 1987
- ↑ Holland, GD et al .: Vale Royal Abbey and House, 1977, p. 32
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh Cholmondeley |
Baron Delamere 1931-1979 |
Hugh Cholmondeley |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cholmondeley, Thomas, 4th Baron Delamere |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cholmondeley, Thomas Pitt Hamilton, 4th Baron Delamere (full name); Delamere, Tom (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British peer and colonist in British East Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1900 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1979 |