Baron Delamer

The title of Baron Delamer was created on July 17, 1821 for Thomas Chamley (1767-1855), a former deputy of the House of Commons from Cheshire (1796-1801, 1801-1812). The branch of the Chamley family from Vail Royal comes from Thomas Chamley (d. 1653), the younger brother of Robert Chamley, 1st Earl of Leinster (1584–1659), and Hugh Chumley (1591–1665), the ancestor of the Marques of Chamley . The first baron was succeeded by his son, Hugh Chamley, 2nd Baron Delamer (1811-1887). He previously sat in the House of Commons from Denbyshire (1840–1841) and Montgomery (1841–1847) from the Tory Party. His eldest son and namesake, Hugh Chumley, 3rd Baron Delamer (1870-1931), emigrated to Kenya , where he acquired a large property. The eldest son of the 3rd Baron, Thomas Pitt Hamilton Chamley, 4th Baron Delamer (1900-1979), inherited his paternal title in 1931. In 1934, he tried to secure the return of his family residence in the Vail Royal Abbey, but he was turned into a sanatorium during the war. When the family residence was sold in 1947, the 4th Baron Delamer returned to Kenya.

As of 2010, the title holder was his son, Hugh George Chumley, 5th Baron Delamer (born 1934 ), who succeeded his father in 1979 and lives in Kenya .

• 1821-1855: Thomas Chamley, 1st Baron Delamer (August 9, 1767 - October 30, 1855), the eldest son of Thomas Chamley (1726-1779)
• 1855–1887: Hugh Chumley, 2nd Baron Delamer (October 3, 1811 - August 1, 1887), the eldest son of the previous
• 1887-1931: Hugh Chumley, 3rd Baron Delamer (April 28, 1870 - November 13, 1931), the only son of the previous
• 1931-1979: Thomas Pitt Hamilton Chamley, 4th Baron Delamer (August 19, 1900 - April 13, 1979), the only son of the previous
• 1979 - present: Hugh George Chumley, 5th Baron Delamer (born January 18, 1934), the only son of the previous
  • Heir to the title: Hon. Thomas Patrick Gilbert Chamley (born January 19, 1968), the only son of the previous
    • Heir to the heir: Hugh Chumley (born November 9, 1998), the only son of the previous one.

• Earl Leinster
• Marquis Chumley
• George Booth 1st Baron Delamer
• Baronets Booth

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