Henry James Tollemache (1846 – 2 April 1939) was a British

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politician. He served as the

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successively for

West Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 str ...

(1881–1885) and Eddisbury (1885–1906). He was the third child and eldest son of

Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache (3 October 1807 – 15 February 1890) was an English soldier, JP and High Sheriff. Early life Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache was born on 3 October 1807. (Citing: He was the younger son of Admiral John Richard Delap ...

and Anne Tomkinson of

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, in

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. 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 John Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache (; 5 December 1805 – 9 December 1890) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament, as well as a major landowner and estate manager in Cheshire. He was raised to the peerage in 1876 as Baron T ...

. 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,

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(1845–1931). A painting of Tollemache and his sister Julia by "Hurleston" (possibly

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) hangs in the Dining Room of Dorfold Hall. He played cricket for Nantwich Cricket Club with

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* 1846 births 1939 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906

Henry James Tollemache Henry James Tollemache (1846 – 2 April 1939) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament successively for West Cheshire (UK Parliament const ...

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