Baron Tollemache
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Helmingham Hall
Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late medieval/Tudor style....
near Ipswich
Ipswich
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in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1876 for John Tollemache
John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache
John Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and a major landowner and estate manager in Cheshire.-Personal life and career:...
, who had earlier represented Cheshire South and Cheshire West in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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as a Conservative
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. He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet
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John Halliday (who in 1821 assumed by Royal license the surname and arms of Tollemache in lieu of Halliday), eldest son of Lady Jane Halliday, youngest daughter and co-heir of Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart KT , styled Lord Huntingtower from 1712 to 1727, was a Scottish nobleman.In 1729, he was elected High Steward of Ipswich....
. The first Baron was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He also sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Cheshire West. On the death of his grandson, the third Baron, this line of the family failed, and the title passed to the late Baron's second cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of Major-General Edward Tollemache, son of the Hon. Hamilton James Tollemache, fourth son of the first Baron. the title is held by the fourth Baron's son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1975. He is Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
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since 2003. As a descendant of the fourth Earl of Dysart Lord Tollemache is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary title the lordship of Huntingtower.
The family surname and the title of the barony is pronounced ˈtɒlmæʃ .
The Tollemache family name is commemorate in the name of a number of public houses in England
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. They include: Tollemache Arms, Alpraham
Alpraham
Alpraham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the A51 road, between Nantwich and Chester, and is about seven miles north-west of Nantwich...
, Tarporley
Tarporley
Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England....
, Cheshire
Cheshire
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; Tollemache Arms, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...
, Greater Manchester
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; The Tollemache Arms, Buckminster
Buckminster
Buckminster is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the B676 road, between Melton Mowbray and the A1....
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
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; and The Tollemache Arms, Harrington, Northampton
Northampton
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, Northamptonshire
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Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
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Barons Tollemache (1876)
- John Tollemache, 1st Baron TollemacheJohn Tollemache, 1st Baron TollemacheJohn Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and a major landowner and estate manager in Cheshire.-Personal life and career:...
(1805–1890) - Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache, 2nd Baron TollemacheWilbraham Tollemache, 2nd Baron TollemacheWilbraham Frederic Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.Tollemache was the eldest son of John Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache, and his first wife Georgina Louisa Best...
(1832–1904) - Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache (1883–1955)
- John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache (1910–1975)
- Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron TollemacheTimothy Tollemache, 5th Baron TollemacheTimothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache is the standing owner of the principal ancestral seat of Helmingham Hall and the 5th Baron Tollemache....
(b. 1939)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's elder son, the Hon. Edward John Hugh Tollemache (b. 1976)