Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere

Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere (/ˈtʃʌmli/ CHUM-lee; 3 October 1811 – 1 August 1887), styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855, was a British peer and politician.

Lord Delamere was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Cholmondeley was elected to Parliament for Denbighshire as a Tory in 1840, a seat he held until 1841, and then represented Montgomery from 1841 to 1847.

In 1855, Cholmondeley was called to the House of Lords when he succeeded his father as second Baron Delamere.

[3] Baron Delamere died at age 75 in August 1887; and he was succeeded in the lands, estates and title by the son from his second marriage, Hugh Cholmondeley.