Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart

Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart (6 August 1734 – 20 February 1799) was a Scottish nobleman, styled Lord Huntingtower from birth until 1770.

For other people named Lionel Tollemache, see Lionel Tollemache (disambiguation).
Lionel Tollemache
5th Earl of Dysart
Lionel Tollemache (1734–1799), 5th Earl of Dysart, c.1750, British (English) School
PredecessorLionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart
SuccessorWilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart
Other titlesBaron Huntingtower
Born(1734-08-06)6 August 1734
Died20 February 1799(1799-02-20) (aged 64)
ResidenceHam House
Spouse(s)Charlotte Walpole
Magdalene Lewis
ParentsLionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart
Grace Carteret

Lord Huntingtower received no settlement from his father at his majority, and, feeling he owed him nothing, married without his knowledge or consent.[1][2] The bride was Charlotte, daughter of Sir Edward Walpole, whom he married on 2 October 1760. Charlotte's uncle Horace Walpole called Huntingtower "a very handsome person".[1] He succeeded to the earldom a decade later.

Charlotte died at Ham House on 5 September 1789. Dysart remarried, on 19 April 1791, to Magdalene Lewis, sister of his brother Wilbraham's wife. He had no children by either wife, and upon his death at Ham House in 1799 was succeeded by his brother Wilbraham.

References
  1. Walpole, Horace (1903), Toynbee, Paget (ed.), "Letter to George Montagu, 2 October 1760", The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, IV, pp. 430–431
  2. Walpole, Horace (1903), Toynbee, Paget (ed.), "Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 5 October 1760", The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, IV, pp. 432–434
Attribution
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Lionel Tollemache		 Earl of Dysart
1770–1799		 Succeeded by
Wilbraham Tollemache
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Lionel Tollemache		 Baronet
(of Helmingham)
1770–1799		 Succeeded by
Wilbraham Tollemache

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