Background
Born in South Witham near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Lyonel was the eldest son of Reverend Ralph Tollemache and his first wife and cousin, Caroline Tollemache.
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Lyonel Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache
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Education
Lyonel graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge.
Career
Ralph was noted for the increasingly eccentric names given to his numerous offspring. Cecil Lyonel Newcomen Tollemache (4 March 1886 – 31 March 1969)
Beryl Hersilia Tollemache (1887-1888 June 1944)
Cynthia Joan Caroline Tollemache (1890-1831 January 1988)
Lieutenant John Eadred Tollemache (28 July 1892 – 21 August 1916) Bachelor of Arts Magdalen College, Cambridge. Joined the 6th Battalion The Queen"s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and died whilst attached to the 8th Battalion in the Somme.
Sibell Agnes Tollemache (1895-1897 June 1954)
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Sir Humphrey Thomas Tollemache, 6th Baronet (10 August 1897–1990)
He inherited Dysarts" holding in Buckminster estate and the entirety of Ham House with the surrounding land and property in Petersham, Ham and Canbury and the gravel works at Ham. Lyonel and his middle-aged bachelor son, Cecil, moved into Ham House.
The nearby Leyland military vehicle and munitions factory was a local target and bombs fell near the house. Tollemache moved most of the valuable furniture and art works from the house to the country for safe keeping.
The family deeds and papers, some dating back to the 14th-century, were placed in deep vaults in Chancery Lane.
Although they survived the Blitz, they were damaged by flooding from fire-hoses and were thought to have been destroyed. Many were recovered from the Ham House Stables in 1953 and transferred to The National Archives. In 1949, Buckminster Estates Limited, the Tollemache"s company established in 1936, sold the remaining Tollemache interests in the area by auction in 124 lots comprising 350 acres (140 ha) land, 41 residences, 99 cottages, a farm, 4 shops, 2 licensed premises, freehold ground rents and building plots and the sand and gravel works.
Lyonel remained in Langham House, Ham until his death in 1952.
Hersilia died in 1953. The baronetage passed to Cecil, and, on his death, to youngest son, Humphrey.
He is buried at Street Peter"s Church, Petersham.
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