Algernon Tollemache
| Algernon Gray Tollemache | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 September 1805 Petersham |
| Died | 16 January 1892 (aged 86) |
| Occupation |
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| Net worth | £815,175 4s. 1d. |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Louisa Halliday |
| Parent(s) | William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray |
Algernon Gray Tollemache (24 September 1805 – 16 January 1892, London) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the sixth and youngest son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray.
He was Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1832 to 1837. During this time he became interested in the New Zealand Company and purchased several sections of land in Nelson and 34 in Wellington. In 1849, he travelled on one of the earliest ships to New Zealand and settled in Wellington. He also financed many small farmers. Amongst those he financed were Henry Robert Russell and Donald McLean. Having amassed a significant fortune, he returned to England.
When his elder brother, Lionel, inherited the Dysart title and the Tollemache family estates in 1840, Algernon and another brother, Frederick, were invited to manage the estates at Ham and Buckminster. Along with Charles Hanbury-Tracy, husband to Frederick's younger daughter, Ada, the three were nominated as the Dysart Trustees for the 21 years to 1899 following Lionel's death.
On 28 September 1857, Algernon married his first cousin Frances Louisa Halliday (b. 1804), daughter of Charles Tollemache and Gertrude Florinda Gardiner, and widow of George Richard Halliday who had died in 1855. By then in their mid fifties, the couple had no children.
In 1881, Algernon and Frances were living at Ham House but in the years prior to Algernon's death they lived at Wick House, on Richmond Hill.
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