Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache (born 13 December 1939) is an English peer and landowner. He is the current 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 Baron Tollemache, Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late med ...

in Suffolk, the principal seat of the

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Early life and education

Tollemache was born in

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, the eldest son of Major John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache of the

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(1910–1975), and his wife, Dinah Jamieson, daughter of Sir Archibald Jamieson. His father succeeded his cousin as

Baron Tollemache Baron Tollemache, of Helmingham Hall near Ipswich in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Tollemache family's surname and the title of the barony is pronounced . History The title was created in 1876 for ...

in 1955. He succeeded his father upon his death in 1975.

Career

Tollemache served as

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from 2003 to 2014. Previously, he was Vice-Lieutenant of

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from 1994 to 2003 and had been Deputy Lieutenant from 1984 to 1994. He is the patron or president of several organizations and societies. Tollemache was appointed

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(KCVO) in the

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Marriage and family

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 garden, gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expe ...

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,

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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: *The 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). *The Hon. Edward John Hugh Tollemache (born 12 May 1976), a godson of King

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, married Sophie Johnstone on 3 February 2007. They have three children. *The Hon. James Henry Timothy Tollemache (born 28 August 1980) married Princess Florence of Prussia (born 1983), daughter of Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia, 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

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collections.

Honours

KCVO – appointed

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. *

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– appointed 2004.

Coat of arms

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burkespeerage.com; accessed 2 June 2016. 1939 births Living people British people of Scottish descent People from Mid Suffolk District 5 People educated at Eton College Lord-lieutenants of Suffolk Knights of Justice of the Order of St John Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order John, 5th Baron Tollemache Tollemache People from Norwich {{UK-baron-stub