Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
(1811-1887), Politician; MP for Denbighshire and MontgomerySitter in 3 portraits
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1860s or 1870s?
NPG 5639
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 20 December 1860
NPG Ax51184
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere; Augusta Emily (née Seymour), Lady Delamere
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 20 December 1860
NPG Ax51185
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Geoffrey Hebdon
19 March 2018, 20:38
Thomas Cholmondeley married Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, from Denbigh, Wales, in 1810, and they had 6 children, 5 sons and one daughter. Henrietta Elizabeth the wife of Thomas, died in 1852 aged 66 years old and Thomas died in 1855 aged 88.
The eldest son of this marriage was named Hugh Cholmondeley (1811-1887) (Welsh Church records state 1812 as being the year of birth) and he became the 2nd Lord Delamere of Vale Royal in 1855 upon the death of his powerful, heavy handed, domineering, head-strong and influential father, Thomas.
Hugh, 2nd Lord Delamere, who was a far more gentle, compassionate and understanding individual than his late father, had inherited not only the family title and the vast estate, but also 'major headaches' and serious legal issues because of the haphazard overspending of the family fortune previously inherited and directly controlled by his late father Thomas, who had been extravagantly spending the family wealth, primarily on renovating the Great House and Great Hall at Vale Royal Abbey plus the buying of works of art; using the funds that had been passed down through the Cholmondeley family from the Holfords family.
Virginia Dodier
12 December 2021, 05:18
History of Parliament Online: https://membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org/members/3501