Henry James Tollemache

Henry James Tollemache (1846 – 2 April 1939) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament successively for West Cheshire (1881–1885) and Eddisbury (1885–1906).

Tollemache in 1895

He was the third child and eldest son of Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache and Anne Tomkinson of Dorfold Hall, Acton, in Cheshire.[1] His father was the younger son of Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday (who assumed the surname and arms of Tollemache in 1821) and the brother of John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache.[1][2] Henry Tollemache married Katharine Mary Frances Streatfeild in 1904; his wife died in 1916. The couple had no surviving children, and Dorfold Hall passed to his nephew, Christopher F. Roundell, the son of his eldest sister, Julia (1845–1931).[1]

A painting of Tollemache and his sister Julia by "Hurleston" (possibly Frederick Yeates Hurlstone) hangs in the Dining Room of Dorfold Hall.[1] He played cricket for Nantwich Cricket Club with A. N. Hornby.[3]

References
  1. Latham 1995, pp. 115–119.
  2. Thornber, Craig. "Dorfold Hall". Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  3. Latham 1995, p. 106.

Sources
  • Latham, F. A., ed. (1995). Acton. The Local History Group. ISBN 0952228416.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Tollemache
Sir Philip Grey Egerton		 Member of Parliament for West Cheshire
1881–1885
With: Wilbraham Tollemache		 constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Eddisbury
1885–1906		 Succeeded by
Arthur Stanley


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.