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Delamere, Baron (UK, 1821)

Creation: let. pat. 17 Jul 1821

Family name: Cholmondeley

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Arms:

Gules two Esquire's Helmets in chief proper in base a Garb Or

Crest:

A Demi Griffin segreant Sable beaked and membered ducally gorged and Wings elevated Or holding between the claws a Helmet as in the Arms

Supporters:

On either side a Griffin Sable beaked membered and Wings elevated ducally gorged and chained Or

Motto:

Cassis Tutissima Virtue (Virtue is the safest helmet)

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Thomas [Cholmondeley], 1st Baron Delamere

1st son of Thomas Cholmondeley MP, of Vale Royal, co. Chester, by his wife Dorothy Cowper, dau. and cohrss. of Edmund Cowper. of Overleigh, co. Chester

born

9 Aug 1767

mar.

17 Dec 1810 Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn (d. 18 Aug 1852), 3rd dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bt. MP, by his second wife Charlotte Grenville, 1st dau. of Rt Hon George Grenville MP, First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) 1763-65 (by his wife Elizabeth Wyndham, 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt., of Orchard Wyndham, by his 1st wife Lady Catherine Seymour, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Charles [Seymour], 6th Duke of Somerset), 2nd son of Richard Grenville MP, of Wooton, by his wife Hester Temple, suo jure Countess Temple

children

1. Hon Hugh Cholmondeley, later 2nd Baron Delamere

2. Capt Hon Thomas Grenville Cholmondeley (b. 4 Aug 1818; d. 9 Feb 1883), mar. 8 Aug 1850 Katherine Lucy Sykes (d. 6 Mar 1921), 2nd dau. of Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Bt., of Sledmere House, co. York, and had issue

3. Rev Hon Henry Pitt Cholmondeley, Rector of Broadwell-cum-Adlestrop, co. Gloucester (b. 15 Jun 1820; d. 14 Apr 1905), mar. 4 May 1848 Hon Mary (d. 24 Aug 1906), dau. of 1st Baron Leigh, and had issue

4. Hon Charles Watkin Neville Cholmondeley (b. 27 May 1826; dvp. 18 Mar 1844)

1. Hon Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley (d. 13 Aug 1874), mar. 21 Jul 1857 6th Baron Berners

died

30 Oct 1855

created

17 Jul 1821 Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal in the County of Chester

suc. by

son

note

Sheriff of Cheshire 1792-93; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Cheshire 1796-1812

Hugh [Cholmondeley], 2nd Baron Delamere

born

3 Oct 1811

mar. (1)

23 Mar 1848 Lady Sarah Hay (dsp. 17 Feb 1859), 2nd dau. of Thomas Robert [Hay], 11th Earl of Kinnoul, by his wife Louisa Burton Rowley, 2nd dau. of Adm Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Bt. GCB, of Hill House

mar. (2)

27 Dec 1860 Augusta Emily Seymour (d. 25 Feb 1911), 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir George Hamilton Seymour GCB GCH (by his wife Hon Gertrude Trevor, 3rd dau. of Henry Otway [Brand later Trevor], 21st Baron Dacre), 1st son of Lord George Seymour (by his wife Isabella Hamilton, dau. of Rev Hon George Hamilton, 3rd son of James [Hamilton], 7th Earl of Abercorn), 7th son of Francis [Seymour], 1st Marquess of Hertford

children by second wife

1. Hon Hugh Cholmondeley, later 3rd Baron Delamere

1. Hon Sybil Cholmondeley (b. 29 Dec 1871; d. 26 May 1911). mar. 13 Apr 1896 (div. 1902) Algernon Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave, co. Leicester (d. 13 Nov 1938), only son of Maj-Gen Edwin Sherard Burnaby, of Baggrave, co. Leicester, and had issue

died

1 Aug 1887

suc. by

only son by second wife

note

Member of Parliament for Denbighshire 1840-41 and Montgomeryshire 1841-47

Hugh [Cholmondeley], 3rd Baron Delamere, KCMG

born

28 Apr 1870

mar. (1)

11 Jul 1899 Lady Florence Anne Cole (d. 17 May 1914), 4th dau. of Lowry Egerton [Cole], 4th Earl of Enniskillen, by his wife Charlotte Marion Baird, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Douglas Baird, of Closeburn, co. Dumfries

only child by first wife

1. Hon Thomas Pitt Hamiton Cholmondeley, later 4th Baron Delemere

mar. (2)

28 May 1928 Gwladys Helen Markham (former wife of Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Bt.;  d. 22 Feb 1943), 1st dau. of Hon Rupert Evelyn Beckett, of Stone House, Moor Allerton, co. York (yr. brother of Ernest William [Beckett], 2nd Baron Grimthorpe;  granted the style, precedence and rank of the younger son of a Baron by Royal Warrant 17 Jul 1905), by his wife Muriel Helen Florence Paget CBE, dau. of Maj Lord Berkeley Charles Sidney Paget (by his wife Florence Chetwynd, only dau. of William Henry Chetwynd, of Longdon Hall, co. Stafford), 3rd son by his second wife of Henry [Paget], 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

died

13 Nov 1931

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council in Kenya

Thomas Pitt Hamilton [Cholmondeley], 4th Baron Delamere

born

19 Aug 1900

mar. (1)

14 Jun 1924 (div. 1944) Phyllis Anne Montagu-Douglas-Scott (d. 9 Mar 1978), 1st dau. of Lt Col Lord George William Montagu-Douglas-Scott OBE, of Kirklands, Ancrum, co. Roxburgh (3rd son of William Henry Walter [Montagu-Douglas-Scott], 6th Duke of Buccleuch), by his wife Lady Elizabeth Emily Manners, yst. dau. by his second wife of John James Robert [Manners], 7th Duke of Rutland

children by first wife

1. Hon Hugh George Cholmondeley, later 5th Baron Delamere

1. Hon Elizabeth Florence Marion Cholmondeley (b. 26 Dec 1925; d. 1988), mar. (1) 28 Jan 1947 (div. 1953) Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Bt., and (2) 27 Aug 1953 Peter Alexander Barrington

2. Hon Anne Jeannetta Essex Cholmondeley (b. 7 Sep 1927), mar. 30 Nov 1951 Conrad Peter Almeric Garnett, of Burnside House, Easter Balgedie, co. Kinross, 1st son of Dr Donald Goddard Garnett, of Fairfiled House, Leiston, co. Suffolk, and has issue

mar. (2)

15 Jun 1944 (div. 1955) Hon Ruth Mary Clarisse Gardner (former wife of (1) Capt Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid DFC, and (2) Maj Ernest Laurie Gardner;  d. 1986), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Wilfred William [Ashley], 1st Baron Mount Temple, by his wife Amalia Maud Cassel, only child of Rt Hon Sir Ernest Cassel GCB GCMG GCVO

mar. (3)

26 May 1955 Diana Colvile (former wife of Vernon Motion;  widow of Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, 11th Bt.;  former wife of Gilbert de Preville Colvile;  d. 1987), 2nd dau. of Seymour Caldwell, of Hove, co. Sussex

died

13 Apr 1979

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World War II 1939-45 as Capt, Welsh Guards

Hugh George [Cholmondeley], 5th Baron Delamere

born

18 Jan 1934

mar.

11 Apr 1964 Ann Willoughby Tinné (former wife of Michael Patrick Tinné), only dau. of Sir Patrick Muir Renison GCMG, of Freeman's Farm House, Mayfield, co. Sussex

only child

1. Hon Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (b. 19 Jun 1968), mar. 16 May 1998 Dr Sally A Brewerton, dau. of Prof Derrick Brewerton, of Westminster, London, and has issue:

1a. Hugh Cholmondeley (b. 9 Nov 1998)

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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Title:

5th Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal in the County of Chester

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jul 1821)

Addresses:

Sugoni Farm, Soysambu, Elmenteita, Kenya

Tel:  Elmenteita 18   Office Tel:  Elmenteita 28

26 Holland Park Road, London W14

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