Algernon Gray Tollemache
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Algernon Gray Tollemache (24 September 1805 – 17 January 1892, London
) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the sixth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray.
He was Member of Parliament
for Grantham
from 1832 to 1837. In 1849, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand, where he lived until 1855, amassing an immense fortune in land speculation.
On 28 September 1857, he married his first cousin Frances Louisa Tollemache (d. 1893), but the couple had no children. He left his fortune to his niece Ada, Lady Sudeley (daughter of his brother Frederick James Tollemache
).
London
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) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the sixth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray.
He was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain...
from 1832 to 1837. In 1849, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand, where he lived until 1855, amassing an immense fortune in land speculation.
On 28 September 1857, he married his first cousin Frances Louisa Tollemache (d. 1893), but the couple had no children. He left his fortune to his niece Ada, Lady Sudeley (daughter of his brother Frederick James Tollemache
Frederick James Tollemache
Frederick James Tollemache was a British gentleman and politician. He was the fifth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray....
).