Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache (born 13 December 1939) is an English peer and landowner. He is the present owner of

Helmingham Hall Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late medieval/Tudor style. ...

, the Tollemache principal ancestral seat; he succeeded as 5th Baron Tollemache in 1975. He was born in 1939, the son of Major John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache (1910–1975) by his wife Dinah (''née'' Jamieson).

Education and career

Educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 2003 to 2014. He served previously as Vice-Lieutenant of Suffolk since 1994 and was Deputy Lieutenant before that, since 1984. He is patron or president of several organizations and societies. Tollemache was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2015 New Year Honours.

Marriage and family

Lord Tollemache married Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (or Maynell) in 1970. Lady Tollemache is a

garden design Garden design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise. ...

er, working under the name Xa Tollemache. She supervises the gardens at Helmingham and has also worked on the Millennium Garden at Castle Hill in Devon,

Dunbeath Castle Dunbeath Castle is located on the east coast of Caithness, south of Dunbeath, in northern Scotland. Although a castle has stood here since the 15th century, the present building is of mainly 17th-century origin, with 19th-century extensions. ...

in Scotland, and the Cloister Garden at

Wilton House Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey. Following the dissolution ...

. Lord and Lady Tollemache have the following issue: *Hon. Selina Karen Tollemache (born 3 October 1973) married James Hopkins on 11 September 2010 . They have one daughter: Lily Alexandra Hopkins (2 April 2012). *Hon. Edward John Hugh Tollemache (born 12 May 1976), a godson of

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, married Sophie Johnstone on 3 February 2007. They have three children. *Hon. James Henry Timothy Tollemache (born 28 August 1980) married Princess Florence of Prussia (born 1983) (daughter of Prince Friedrich Nicolas von Preussen) on 10 May 2014. They have one daughter: Sylvie Beatrice Selina Tollemache (2 March 2016) Lord and Lady Tollemache are members of the

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and have opened their gardens to the public, although their house remains private. A portrait of Lady Tollemache by Tessa Traegar, commissioned in 2004, hangs in the National Portrait Gallery collections.

Honours

KCVO – appointed 2015. *

KStJ The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of ...

– appointed 2004.

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