William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart
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William John Manners Tollemache DL |
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| Born | 3 March 1859 |
| Died | 22 November 1935 (aged 76) |
| Net worth | £4,800,000 (1935) |
| Title | 9th Earl of Dysart |
| Predecessor | Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia Florence Newton (m. 1885) |
| Parent(s) |
William Lionel Felix Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower Katherine Elizabeth Camilla Burke |
William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart DL (3 March 1859 – 22 November 1935) in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet (cr.1793) in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (1881–1906), and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
William Tollemache was the eldest son of a controversial father; William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower who had accrued huge debt on the strength of his anticipated, but unfulfilled, inheritance.
William had three elder and oldest half-sisters by his father's previous relationship with servant, Elizabeth Acford. He also had three elder sisters by Huntingtower's wife and first cousin, Katherine Elizabeth Camilla Burke. His father subsequently resumed relations with Acford and William and his sisters gained two younger half-brothers. After 1860, William gained four more siblings, two half-brothers and two half-sisters, from his father's later relationship with Emma Dibble.
Lord Huntingtower, William's father, died on 21 December 1872 when William was aged 13, leaving substantial debts and claims against the family as a result. William's grandfather, Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart, died on 23 September 1878 when William was aged 19. In a bid to protect the family fortune, Lionel left his estate to William to be held in trust for 21 years. The initial trustees were Lionel's brothers; Algernon Gray Tollemache and Frederick James Tollemache and Frederick's son-in-law; Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley.
Frederick died in 1889 and his trusteeship replaced by Major-General Charles Edmund Webber (1838–1904). Algernon resigned in 1891 due to ill health and died soon after, his place taken by Petersham banker, George Tournay Biddulph (1844–1929). Lord Sudeley resigned following bankruptcy in 1893, though he continued to live in Ham at Ormeley Lodge. His replacement from 14 April 1896 was the Hon. Stanhope Tollemache of North Leigh, Ipswich. The trusteeship ran from 1878 until 23 September 1899, however the trustees continued to administer many of the various investments until William's tenant-in-tail reached majority in 1915. Shortly before William's death, with the agreement of his successor, management of the trustees affairs and the Earl's interests in the Surrey, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire estates were conveyed to Buckminster Estates.
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