Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere with the rank of captain. The young baron inherited a sizeable estate in the North of England, including land that had been in the Cholmondeley family since 1615 – and the ancestral seat at Vale Royal in the county of Cheshire. 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
Neil Delamere the Vikings poured urine on their clothes. The show was nominated in the factual category for an Irish Film and Television Award, and won. He has stood in for John Murray on RTÉ Radio 1. He presented the comedy documentary "There's Something about Patrick" which aired on 14 March 2013 on RTÉ 1. In the documentary Delamere travels the length and breadth of Ireland (and beyond) to meet experts, historians and St Patrick’s Day revellers, to discover the truth about the Irish patron saint. Delamere also works for the Irish independent and national radio station, Today FM where he presents