Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet
Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (14 December 1562 – 1621) was an English baronet.
Lionel was the son and heir of Lionel Tallemache (1545 – 11 Dec 1575) and his wife, Susanna, daughter of Sir Ambrose Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk. He was baptised 10 December 1562 at Helmingham.
He served as High Sheriff of Suffolk 1592–93, 1608–09 and 1616–17, was created a Baronet, of Helmingham Hall in the County of Suffolk in the Baronetage of England,
second husband, John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, whom it was said she charmed even as her husband 's health deteriorated. Tollemache travelled to France in search of cures for his debilitating sickness, but died in Paris. In 1670 Elizabeth obtained confirmation from King Charles that she could pass on the title of Earl of Dysart to any one of her children.
Sir Lionel and Lady Dysart had eleven children, five of whom survived to adulthood:
- Lionel, his eldest son, inherited the Earldom of Dysart on