Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley

Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley, born on 19 June 1968 and died on 17 August 2016, was a Kenyan farmer and the great-grandson of the 3rd Baron Delamere, a pioneering British settler in Kenya. He worked in the family farming and tourism business around Soysambu and Lake Elmenteita, and his life became widely known through two fatal shootings on his land, in 2005 and 2006, the second of which led to a manslaughter conviction and a short prison sentence. He is included here for his sporting record rather than his legal history: the article describes him as a keen motor sportsman who was Kenya Novice Motocross champion in 1986 and runner-up in the Kenya Enduro championship in 2000. He also held a private pilot licence and flew in Africa and Europe, and in 1997 he was gored by a buffalo while walking to a paragliding launch site in the Maasai Mara.