Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache Bt (1854 - 1952)

Born 15 Jan 1854 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Hersilia Henrietta Diana Oliphant (Collingwood) Tollemache — married 22 Jun 1881 in Clayworth, Nottinghamshire, England

Died 4 Mar 1952 at age 98 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

On the death of his second cousin, William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart, 3rd Baronet Lyonel succeeded to the Baronetage in 1935 at the age of 81. He inherited Dysarts' holding in Buckminster estate and the entirety of Ham House with the surrounding land and property in Petersham, Ham and Canbury and the gravel works at Ham. Lyonel and his middle-aged bachelor son, Cecil, moved into Ham House. The Dysart title and other estates were passed to Dysart's niece, Wenefryde Scott.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollemache_baronets
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyonel_Tollemache

• Marriage Registration: Hersilia Henrietta D O Collingwood and possible bridegrooms Robert Brown or Lyonel Felix Tollemache, in 2nd quarter 1881 in East Retford district, Nottinghamshire, vol. 7B page 11. findmypast

• London Evening Standard, 25 June 1881 page 1. findmypast

MARRIAGES.

TOLLEMACHE – COLLINGWOOD. – June 22, at Clayworth, Notts, by the Rev. Thos. C. Bigsby Chamberlin, vicar of Wheatley, Lyonel Felix Tollemache, to Hersilia H.D.O. Collingwood, of Clayworth Hall.

• 1901 Census: Household 227, 24 Selwyn Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, GBC_1901_0877-0879_0673. findmypast

Lianel F.C.E. Tollemache head, aged 47, Living on own means, born at South Wytham, Lincolnshire

Hersilia H.D. Tollemache wife, aged 40, born at Maida Vale, Middlesex

Cecil L.N. Tollemache son, aged 15, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

John E. Tollemache son, aged 8, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

Humphrey T. Tollemache son, aged 3, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

Beryl ... Tollemache daughter, aged 13, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

Cynthia J.C. Tollemache daughter, aged 11, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

Sybil Agnes Tollemache daughter, aged 5, born at Eastbourne, Sussex

& 1 servants and governess

• Death Registration: Hersilia H D Tollemache aged 92 died 2nd quarter 1953, in Surrey Northern District, vol. 5G page 387. findmypast

• Cheshire Observer, 16 May 1953 page 12. findmypast

Personal

We regret to record the death, which occurred on Sunday at Langham House, Ham Common, Surrey, of Lady Tollemache, widow of Sir Lyonel F.C.E. Tollemache, fourth baronet, She was Hersilia Henrietta Diana Oliphant, daughter of the late Joseph Collingwood, and her marriage took place in 1881.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langham_House,_Ham

According to the wikipedia article, Langham House, Ham was built about 1719, and has had several notable residents.