Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache KCVO (born 13 December 1939) is an English peer and landowner. He is the current owner of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, the principal seat of the Tollemache family.
Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache KCVO (born 13 December 1939) is an English peer and landowner. He is the current owner of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, the principal seat of the Tollemache family.
Tollemache was born in Norwich, [1] the eldest son of Major John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache of the Coldstream Guards (1910–1975), and his wife, Dinah Jamieson, daughter of Sir Archibald Jamieson. His father succeeded his cousin as Baron Tollemache in 1955. He succeeded his father upon his death in 1975. [2]
Tollemache served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk from 2003 to 2014. [3] Previously, he was Vice-Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1994 to 2003 and had been Deputy Lieutenant from 1984 to 1994. He is the patron or president of several organizations and societies. [4]
Tollemache was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2015 New Year Honours. [5]
Tollemache married Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (or Maynell) in 1970. Lady Tollemache is a garden designer, 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, Dunbeath Castle in Scotland, and the Cloister Garden at Wilton House. [6]
Lord and Lady Tollemache have the following issue: [7]
Lord and Lady Tollemache are members of the Countryside Alliance 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 National Portrait Gallery collections. [9]
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