Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere

He was a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya, having inherited the Soysambu ranch, which had been in the family since 1906.

Delamere was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1934,[1][2][3] the eldest son of Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (1900−1979) and Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (1904−1978), granddaughter of both the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 7th Duke of Rutland.

Delamere was also descended from the family of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

[6] On 11 April 1964, he married Anne Willoughby Renison, daughter of Sir Patrick Muir Renison, former Governor of Kenya, and had one son, who predeceased him: Delamere died at the Soysambu ranch on 7 October 2024, at the age of 90.

Delamere, who spent most of his life in Kenya, played a role in the country's post-colonial evolution and development.