Baron Tollemache

Helmingham Hall, the seat of the Tollemache family.

Baron Tollemache, of Helmingham Hall near Ipswich in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for John Tollemache, who had earlier represented Cheshire South and Cheshire West in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet 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. 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. As of 2013 the title is held by the fourth Baron's son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1975. He is Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk 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/ TOL-mash.

The Tollemache family name is commemorated in the name of a number of public houses in England. They include: Tollemache Arms, Alpraham, Tarporley, Cheshire; Tollemache Arms, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester; The Tollemache Arms, Buckminster, Leicestershire; and The Tollemache Arms, Harrington, Northampton, Northamptonshire.

Barons Tollemache (1876)

• John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache (1805–1890)
• Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache (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 Tollemache (b. 1939)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Hon. Edward John Hugh Tollemache (b. 1976).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Ralph Timothy Jack Tollemache (b. 2010).^[1]

See also

• Earl of Dysart
• Tollemache Baronets
• Helmingham Hall

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages