Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet


Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet PC, of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, was twice elected as a Member of Parliament for Orford in Suffolk, in 1621 and 1628. He had a considerable reputation as a surgeon, but is said to have made many enemies due to his "immoderate temper".

Origins

He was born on 2 August 1591, the son and heir of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet of Helmingham, by his wife Katharine Cromwell, a daughter of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell.

Career

He was knighted at the Palace of Whitehall on 15 November 1612 and succeeded to the baronetcy and estate of Helmingham on the death of his father in 1612. In 1621 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Orford in Suffolk. He was a Privy Councillor to King James I and Charles I. In 1628 he was elected an MP for Orford again and sat until 1629 when King Charles embarked on his period of Personal Rule without parliament for eleven years.

Marriage and children

In about 1620 he married Elizabeth Stanhope, a daughter of John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington, by whom he had a son and six daughters, including:
Tollemache died suddenly at Tilbury in Essex on 6 September 1640, in his 49th year, and was buried in St Mary's Church, Helmingham, where survives his mural monument with semi-recumbent effigy, commenced by his father and completed by himself.