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Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache

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Residence
  
Nantwich,Cheshire

Died
  
February 15, 1890

Nationality
  
English

Home town
  
Nantwich

Spouse(s)
  
Anne Tomkinson

Children
  
Henry James Tollemache

Name
  
Wilbraham Tollemache


Born
  
3 October 1807 (
1807-10-03
)
Nantwich, Cheshire

Parent(s)
  
Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday and Lady Elizabeth Stratford

Relatives
  
Brother:John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache

Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache (3 October 1807 – 15 February 1890) was an English soldier, JP and High Sheriff.

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Early life

Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache was born on 3 October 1807. He was the younger son of Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday (who assumed the surname and arms of Tollemache in 1821) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Stratford. His eldest brother was John Tollemache.

Career

He served in the Rifle Brigade after the Napoleonic Wars and was appointed First Lieutenant in 1828. His portrait was commissioned from Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet by William IV in 1832 and remains in the Royal collection.

Wilbraham was a JP for many years and was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1865.

Family

In 1844 Wilbraham married Anne Tomkinson of Dorfold Hall, Acton in Cheshire. Four of their children survived to adulthood:

  • Julia Anne Elizabeth Tollemache (1845 – 28 December 1931). Julia married Charles Savile Roundell in 1874 She was an active historian and wrote a DNB entry for Anthony Browne and a history of Cowdray. Charles inherited Dorfold Hall on Wilbraham's death and Julia, in turn, inherited when widowed in 1909.
  • Henry James Tollemache (5 July 1846 – 2 April 1939)
  • Alice Georgina Tollemache (1850 – after 1911)
  • Rev. Archibald Edward Tollemache (25 January 1851 – 6 April 1930).

    • Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache died on 15 February 1890, aged 82.

    References

    Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache Wikipedia
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