Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache


Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache is an English peer and landowner. He is the present owner of Helmingham Hall, the Tollemache principal ancestral seat; he succeeded as 5th Baron Tollemache in 1975. He was born in 1939, the son of Major John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache by his wife Dinah.

Education and career

Educated at Eton College, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 2003–14. He served previously as Vice-Lieutenant of Suffolk since 1994 and was Deputy Lieutenant before that, since 1984. He is patron or president of several organizations and societies.
Tollemache was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2015 New Year Honours.

Marriage and family

Lord Tollemache married Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell 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.
Lord and Lady Tollemache have the following issue:
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.

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