Thomas (Tom) Cholmondeley, a famous Kenyan farmer of British ancestry, died on Wednesday afternoon aged 48.
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The aristocrat died after a hip replacement surgery at MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi.
He was the son of the 5th Lord Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya.
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In April 2005, Cholmondeley shot and killed a KWS game ranger at his expansive Soysambo ranch near lake Naivasha.
He claimed self-defence, and the murder case was dropped before going to trial.
The man shot and killed a poacher In May 2006. He was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight months in prison.
He was released on October, 2009.
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