Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet (2 August 1591 – 6 September 1640) PC, of

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, was twice elected as a Member of Parliament for Orford in Suffolk, in 1621 and 1628. He had a considerable reputation as a

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, but is said to have made many enemies due to his "immoderate temper".

Origins

He was born on 2 August 1591, the son and heir of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562–1612) of Helmingham, and Katharine Cromwell, daughter of

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and

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Career

He was knighted at the

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on 15 November 1612 and succeeded to the

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and estate of Helmingham on the death of his father in 1612. In 1621 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Orford in Suffolk. He was a Privy Councillor to King

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and

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. In 1628 he was elected an MP for Orford again and sat until 1629 when King Charles embarked on his period of

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without parliament for eleven years.

Marriage and children

On 16 December 1612 at

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, WestminsterWestminster, Anglican Parish Registers, City of Westminster Archives, Westminster, London, England he married Elizabeth Stanhope, a daughter of

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of Harrington (by his second wife Margaret McWilliams), by whom he had a son and six daughters, including: *

Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet (1624–1669) of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, was the head of a prominent East Anglian family. He was the son of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter and heiress of John Stanhop ...

(1624–1669), son and heir; *Jane Tollemache, who married Thomas Cholmondeley (1627–1702); *Elizabeth Tollemache, who married firstly William Alington, 1st Baron Alington, and secondly Sir William Compton, Master of the Ordnance (died 1663); *Anne Tollemache, who married Sir Robert Broke, 1st Baronet. *Catherine Tollemache, who married Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Baronet *Susannah Tollemache, who married Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet

Death and burial

Tollemache died suddenly at

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in Essex on 6 September 1640, in his 49th year, and was buried in St Mary's Church,

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, where survives his mural monument with semi-recumbent effigy, commenced by his father and completed by himself.

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External links

St Mary's church Helmingham Suffolk
Tollemache memorial
TOLLEMACHE (TALMASH), Sir Lionel, 2nd Bt. (1591-1640), of Helmingham Hall, Suff.; Brunt Hall, Great Fakenham, Suff. and Charing Cross, Westminster
In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tollemache, Lionel 1591 births 1640 deaths English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1628–1629 Members of the Privy Council of England Baronets in the Baronetage of England Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet of Helmingham People from Suffolk