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politician and soldier.

Background and education

Born on 13 November 1859 and christened on 1 January 1860 at Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, Pretyman was the son of Reverend Frederic Pretyman, Canon of Lincoln. He was the great-grandson of George Pretyman Tomline, a prominent late 18th-century cleric, as well as the heir of "Colonel" George Tomline, his father's first cousin. He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military Academy,

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. He entered the

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in 1880 and retired in 1889. After George Tomline's death in 1889, he inherited the Orwell Park estate in Suffolk.

Political career

Pretyman served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895 to 1906 and for

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from 1908 to 1923. He defeated the Liberal MP

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in 1917. E. G. Pretyman made a

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recording of an address "On the Navy" in 1908.12" G & T. Black Label 'Monarch', Cat. no. 01006

Family

Pretyman married Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgeman (2 December 1870 – 27 June 1952), daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford, on 28 June 1894. They had three sons and three daughters. His most notable descendant today is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, sometime Tory leader of the House of Lords in the 1990s. *Maj. George Marcus Tomline Pretyman, of Orwell Park, Suffolk, (24 April 1895 – 1979); his only child Gillian (who married Mark Bence-Jones) inherited the family papers. *Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Ernest Pretyman, R.N., of Newbury, Berkshire (19 June 1900 – 1987); twice married, with children by both marriages *Sir Walter Frederic Pretyman, of Campos, Brazil (17 October 1901 – 1987), who emigrated to Brazil 1924, and was appointed KBE 1967. His second wife Vera de Sa Sottomaior was former wife of Randal Plunkett, 19th Lord Dunsany and mother of the 20th Lord Dunsany. Sir Walter Pretyman was twice married, and had children by both marriages. *Ida Beatrice Pretyman (5 April 1896 – 1977), who married Captain Charles Wilfrid Lindley Meynell, a grandson of

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, and left children. *Marjorie Elizabeth Pretyman (1 May 1897 – 6 May 1969), who married Capt. Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, R.N., of Chieveley, Berkshire. They were parents of three daughters, including Marjorie "Mollie" Wyndham-Quin, widow of the 6th Marquess of Salisbury and mother of the present Marquess, formerly styled Viscount Cranbourne, sometime Tory leader of the House of Lords in the 1990s. Another grandson is the biographer

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. *Katharine Louise Pretyman (1907– ?), who married Lt.-Col. Charles Algernon Peel and left children.

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