 He was active in recruiting settlers to East Africa, and deeply admired the culture of the local Maasai.There is a story of Delamere's riding his horse into the dining room of Nairobi's Norfolk Hotel and jumping over the tables.He was also known to knock golf balls onto the roof of the Muthaiga Country Club, the pink stucco gathering-place for Nairobi's white élite, and then climb up to retrieve them.