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 138 DELAMERE at Nairobi, in British East Africa. He served in the European War, 1914- .{') He w., II July 1899, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Florence Anne, da. of Lowry Egerton (Cole), 4th Earl of Enniskillen, by Charlotte Marion, da. of Douglas Baird. She, who was l>. 3 Feb. 1878, at 27 Norfolk Str., Park Lane, ^. 17 May 1914, of heart failure, at Nairobi afsd. [Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, ist s. and h. ap., h. 19 Aug. 1900, at Vale Royal.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 6,794 acres in Cheshire, worth j^ 1 1,63 1 a year. Principal Residence. — Vale Royal, near Northwich, Cheshire. DE LA POER see POER DE LA POLE see POLE DELAVAL OF REDFORD and DELAVAL OF SEATON DELAVAL BARONY [I.] I. John Hussey Delaval, of Ford, Northumberland, T n 2nd s. of Francis Blake D., by Rhoda, da. of Robert ' •^' Apreece, of Washingley, Hunts, was b. 1728. He was cr. a Baronet i July 1761. He was M.P. (Tory) for Berwick 1765-74, and 1780-86. By the death, 7 Aug. L 1786 1 77 1 (in his 48th year), of his elder br.. Sir Francis Blake to Delaval, K.B., he sue. to the family estates. On 17 Oct. 1808. 1783, he was cr. BARON DELAVAL OF RED- FORD,('') CO. Wicklow [1.], and on 21 Aug. 1786, (•) For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F. He interested himself very actively in the fortunes and development of British East Africa, and settled about 1900 at Elneuteita near Nairobi, where he farms on a large scale. "The first settler in point of time, as ever since in point of influence, energy, and foresight, was Lord Delamere. This able enthusiast perceived long ago the potentialities of the country, the sole official cognizance of which was as the high road to Uganda. To take up land and settle on it was regarded as midsummer mad- ness; but Lord Delamere backed his opinion by picking out the finest block he could find and setting to work on it. The triumphant success of the experiment, due entirely to the indefatigable industry of the experimenter, soon attracted some of his relatives and others of the nobility; so that some seven or eight years ago, before the rush began, it was almost true that every other settler owned a title." {The Times, 5 Sep. 191 2). V.G. C") "He was included by Fox among the Irish Peers of Sep. 1783 [i.e. the nine Baronies of Sheffield, Harberton, Leitrim, LlandafF [recte Landaff], Riversdale, Donoughmore (Baroness), Delaval, Muncaster and Penrhyn], whom his Majesty consented to raise to that dignity, though he refused to make any addition to the British Peerage." (Wraxall's Memoirs, vol. iv, p. 422). BARONY.