Frederick James Tollemache (16 April 1804 – 2 July 1888,

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) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the fifth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray. Through the interest of his father, he was several times Member of Parliament for

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from 1826 to 1874. On 26 August 1831, he married Sarah-Maria Bomford (d. 1835), by whom he had one daughter: *Louisa Maria Tollemache (27 August 1832 – 16 May 1863), died unmarried On 4 September 1847, he married Isabella Anne Forbes (d. 1850), by whom he had one daughter, the writer: * Ada Maria Katherine Tollemache (21 June 1848 – 6 January 1928), married on 9 May 1868 at Ham House to Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley. He was a director of the

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, and Manners Street, in

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is named for him. (His family did not adopt the surname of Tollemache until 1821).

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Descendants of Sir Robert de Manners, of Etal
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* 1804 births 1888 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1868–1874 Younger sons of baronets Younger sons of barons Frederick James Tollemache {{England-UK-MP-stub