TOLLEMACHE, Lionel, 3rd Earl of Dysart [S] (1649-1727), of Helmingham, Suff.

Family and Education

b. 30 Jan. 1649, 1st surv. s. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Bt., of Helmingham by Lady Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Dysart, da. and coh. of William Murray†, 1st Earl of Dysart; bro. of Hon. Thomas Tollemache*. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1665. m. 30 Sept. 1680, Grace, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Bt.† (d. 1692) of Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs., 1s. d.v.p. 4da. Styled Ld. Huntingtower c.1654–1698; suc. fa. 1669; mother as 3rd Earl of Dysart 5 June 1698. Hist. Weston (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1899), 143.

Offices Held

Freeman, Eye 1675, Dunwich 1702–16; portman, Orford 1685–c.1709, mayor c.May– Oct. 1704; high steward, Ipswich 1703–d.; ld. lt., custos rot. and v.-adm. Suff. 1703–5. Suff. RO (Ipswich), Dunwich bor. recs. EE6/1144/14; Suff. RO (Bury St. Edmunds), Bury St. Edmunds bor. recs. EE2/D5/1; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 46; W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee mss Ac.454/901, 973, 1159, 1160, 890, 1082, Edward Pratt to Sir Edward Turnor*, 14 Apr. 1692, Nathaniel Gooding to same, 18 July 1698, Thomas Palmer to same, 8, 26 May 1704, [–] to same, Sept. [1704], John Hooke to same, 15 Sept. 1709; HMC Var. iv. 271; vii. 108; G. R. Clarke, Ipswich, 437.

Parlimentarian

TOLLEMACHE, Lionel, Lord Huntingtower (1649-1727), of Helmingham, Suff.

Main residence: Helmingham, Suff.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

TOLLEMACHE, Lionel, 3rd Earl of Dysart [S] (1649-1727)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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