John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache

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John Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache (5 December 1805-9 December 1890), was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.

Born John Jervis Halliday, he was the son of Admiral of the Fleet John Richard Delap 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. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough. Tollemache was elected to the House of Commons for Cheshire South in 1841, a seat he held until 1868, and then represented Cheshire West from 1868 to 1872. In 1876 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Tollemache, of Helmingham Hall in the County of Suffolk.

Lord Tollemache married, firstly, Georgina Louisa Best, daughter of Thomas Best, in 1826. After his first wife's death 1846 he married, secondly, Eliza Georgiana Duff, daughter of Sir James Duff, in 1850. Lord Tollemache died in December 1890, aged 85, and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage, Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache. Lady Tollemache, who was 24 years younger than her husband, died in 1918.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Wilbraham Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton	Member of Parliament for Cheshire South with Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton 1841–1868	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (constituency created)	Member of Parliament for Cheshire West with Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton 1868–1872	Succeeded by Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Tollemache	Succeeded by Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache