Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley, Baron, 1870-1931
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Cholmondeley, Hugh, Baron Delamere, 1870-1931
Delamere, Lord, 1870-1931
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- Organization: Kenya Cooperative Creameries
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found: White man's country, 1968:t.p. (Lord Delamere) page vii, etc. (Hugh Cholmondeley, third Baron Delamere; born April 28th 1870; died 1931)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, April 8, 2013(The Rt. Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, KCMG (28 April 1870-13 November 1931))
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley; Third Baron Delamere; Lord Delamere; landowner; born in 1870 in England; owner of one-fifth of alienated land in Kenya; among the first European settlers in Kenya to grow wheat; set up a flour mill in Njoro, which marked the beginning of Unga LTD, one of the leading wheat and maize flour suppliers in Kenya (1908); popularized coffee among white settlers; pioneered in cattle rearing, ranching and dairying, starting with livestock from Australia (1903); efforts in dairy farming led to the establishment of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries (1925); started newspaper The Times of East Africa; honors include, president of the Settler's Parliament; leader of the elected European representatives in the Legislative Council (1920's); seated in the British House of Lords; died in 1931 in Kenya)
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2013-04-25: new
2017-03-09: revised
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