Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1821 for Thomas Cholmondeley

Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere

Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Background:He was the son of Thomas Chomondeley , Member of Parliament for Cheshire...

, a former Member of Parliament

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 for Cheshire

Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. This Vale Royal branch of the Cholmondeley family descends from Thomas Cholmondeley (died 1653), younger brother of Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Leinster

Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Leinster

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 and Hugh Cholmondeley (1591–1665), ancestor of the Marquesses of Cholmondeley

Marquess of Cholmondeley

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. The first Baron was succeeded by his son. Before acceding to the title in 1855, the second Baron represented Denbighshire

Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Montgomery

Montgomery (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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 as a Tory

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.
His eldest son, also named Hugh, acceded to the title in 1887 and in the same year, he emigrated to Kenya

Kenya

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, where he acquired a major estate. The third Baron's eldest son inherited his father's title in 1931. In 1934, he attempted to re-establish his family at Vale Royal, the family's country home and baronial seat from the 17th century; however, the great house was requisitioned as a sanatorium during the war years. When it was sold in 1947, the fourth Baron returned to Kenya. the title is held by the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1979. He also lives in Kenya.

The family surname is pronounced ˈ.

Barons Delamere (1821)

• Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere
  Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere
  Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Background:He was the son of Thomas Chomondeley , Member of Parliament for Cheshire...
  
   (1767–1855)
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere , styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855, was a British peer and politician.-Personal:...
  
   (1811–1887)
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere KCMG , styled The Honourable from birth until 1887, was a British peer. He was one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya....
  
   (1870–1931)
• Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
  Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
  Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere , styled The Honourable from birth until 1931, was a British peer.-Personal:...
  
   (1900–1979)
• Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
  Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere , styled The Honourable from birth until 1979, is a British peer. He is a well known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya.-Personal:...
  
   (b. 1934)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 is the present title holder's son the Hon. Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (b. 1968)