Frederick Tollemache
Frederick James Tollemache (16 April 1804 – 2 July 1888, Ham House) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the fifth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray.
Statue of Frederick Tollemache on St. Peter's Hill, Grantham, erected in 1891
Through the interest of his father, he was several times Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1826 to 1874.
On 26 August 1831, he married Sarah-Maria Bomford (d. 1835), by whom he had one daughter:
- Louisa Maria Tollemache (27 August 1832 – 16 May 1863), died unmarried
On 4 September 1847, he married Isabella Anne Forbes (d. 1850), by whom he had one daughter, the writer:
- Ada Maria Katherine Tollemache (21 June 1848 – 6 January 1928), married on 9 May 1868 at Ham House to Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley.
He was a director of the New Zealand Company, and Manners Street, in Wellington, New Zealand is named for him. (His family did not adopt the surname of Tollemache until 1821).
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