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The Rt. Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, KCMG (28 April 1870 – 13 November 1931), styled The Honourable from birth until 1887, was a British peer.〔 〕 He was one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya. Lord Delamere, the son of The 2nd Baron Delamere and his wife, Augusta Emily Seymour, moved to Kenya in 1901 and acquired vast land holdings from the British Crown. Over the years, he became the unofficial 'leader' of the colony's European community. He was as famous for his tireless labours to establish a working agricultural economy in East Africa as he was for childish antics among his European friends when he was at his leisure. ==Early years== Delamere left Eton at the age of sixteen with the intention of entering the British Army,〔Best, Nicholas, (1979). ''Happy Valley: The Story of the English in Kenya,'' p. 39.〕 but gave up his military pursuits after acceding to his title at seventeen.〔〕 Baron Delamere was an indirect descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.〔Hayden, Joseph. (1851). (''The book of dignities,'' pp. 527 ), 565.〕 The young baron inherited a sizeable estate in the North of England, including land that had been in the Cholmondeley family since 1615〔Pakenham, Compton. ( "Kenya as a White Man's Country; The Story of Lord Delamere and a Colony That Has Peculiarly Interesting Racial and Social Problems," ) ''New York Times.'' 7 July 1935.〕 – and the ancestral seat at Vale Royal in the county of Cheshire.〔( "Lady Delamere Dies in Africa," ) ''New York Times.'' 19 May 1914;Holland, G.D ''et al.'' (1977). ''Vale Royal Abbey and House,'' pp. 20–32; Westair-Reproductions: ( Cheshire, Museum finder )〕 The young Lord Delamere made his first trip to Africa in 1891 to hunt lion in British Somaliland, and returned yearly to resume the hunt. In 1894 he was severely mauled by an attacking lion, and was only saved when his Somali gunbearer, Abdullah Ashur, leaped on the lion, giving Delamere time to retrieve his rifle. As a result of the attack, Lord Delamere limped for the rest of his life; he also developed a healthy respect for Somalis.〔Bull, Bartle. (1992). ''Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure,'' p. 188.〕 It is believed that on one of these Somaliland hunting trips, Delamere coined the term 'white hunter' – the term which came to describe the professional safari hunter in colonial East Africa. Delamere employed a professional hunter named Alan Black and a native Somali hunter to lead the safari. As the story goes, to avoid confusion, the Somali was referred to as the 'black hunter', and Black was called the 'white hunter'.〔Brian Herne, ''White Hunters: The Golden Age of Safaris," Henry Holt & Co., 1999, pages 6–7〕 In 1896, Delamere, with a retinue including a doctor, taxidermist, photographer, and 200 camels, set out to cross the deserts of southern Somaliland, intending to enter British East Africa from the north. In 1897, he arrived in the lush green highlands of what is now central Kenya.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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