Sir Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Baronet
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Sir Lyonel Tollemache |
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| Born |
Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache 15 January 1854 Grantham |
| Died | 4 March 1952 (aged 98) Ham, London |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Title | 4th Baronet of Hanby Hall |
| Predecessor | William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart |
| Spouse(s) | Hersilia Henrietta Diana Oliphant Collingwood (m. 1881) |
| Children | Cecil Lyonel Newcomen Tollemache, 5th Baronet |
| Parent(s) | Ralph Tollemache |
Sir Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache, 4th Baronet (15 January 1854 – 4 March 1952) was an English landowner.
Born in South Witham near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Lyonel was the eldest son of Reverend Ralph Tollemache and his first wife and cousin, Caroline Tollemache. Ralph was noted for the increasingly eccentric names given to his numerous offspring.
Lyonel graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge. He married Hersilia Henrietta Diana Oliphant (or Collingwood) in 1881 and they had three daughters and three sons, all born in Eastbourne;
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.
The father and son duo increasingly struggled to maintain Ham House, especially as the outbreak of war reduced the availability of labour. The nearby Leyland military vehicle and munitions factory was a local target and bombs fell near the house. Tollemache moved most of the valuable furniture and art works from the house to the country for safe keeping. The family deeds and papers, some dating back to the 14th-century, were placed in deep vaults in Chancery Lane. Although they survived the Blitz, they were damaged by flooding from fire-hoses and were thought to have been destroyed. Many were recovered from the Ham House Stables in 1953 and transferred to The National Archives.
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