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Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart

1794 – 1878

British peer

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Lived 1794 – 1878 (aged 83). Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart was a British politician.

Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (18 November 1794 – 23 September 1878), known as Lionel Manners until 1821, as Lionel Tollemache between 1821 and 1833, and styled Lord Huntingtower between 1833 and 1840, was a British peer and Tory politician.

Background Dysart was the son of William Manners (later William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower) and poet Catherine Rebecca Gray, daughter of Francis Gray. In 1821, when his grandmother Louisa Tollemache became 7th Countess of Dysart, he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Tollemache in lieu of Manners. Upon his father's death in 1833, he succeeded as second Baronet of Hanby Hall and as heir apparent to his grandmother, with the courtesy title of Lord Huntingtower.

Political career Dysart sat as Member of Parliament for Ilchester, alongside his younger brother the Hon. Felix Tollemache, from 1827 until they were defeated

With Esther Cox, Lord Dysart had a natural son Alfred Cox (born 28 March 1818), who changed his name to Alfred Manners in 1850.

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Member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom, High Sheriff of Leicestershire
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Lord Huntingtower

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When was Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart born?

Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart was born on 18 November 1794.

When did Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart die?

Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart died on 23 September 1878 in Ham House.

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Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart was a politician.

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Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart was British.

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· Wikipedia: Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart

· Wikidata: Q6555817

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