Felix Thomas Tollemache (16 Feb 1796 – 5 October 1843)
was a British gentleman and
Tory
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politician. He was the second son of
William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray.
On 1 October 1825, he married Sarah Gray (1805-1831), by whom he had three children:
*William James Felix Tollemache (12 January 1827 – 3 November 1859)
*Caroline Tollemache (7 June 1828 – 6 June 1867), married on 15 February 1853, her first cousin, Rev.
Ralph Tollemache
*Granville Gray Tollemache (b. 21 September 1830), died young
At the
1826 general election, he stood in
Ilchester
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, along with his older brother
Lionel. Neither brother was elected. However, the result was overturned on a
petition
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In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to an officia ...
in 1827. The brothers served as
Members of Parliament (MPs) for Ilchester until they were defeated in the
1830 general election.
On 27 April 1833, he married again, to Frances Julia Peters, but had no children by her.
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Descendants of Sir Robert de Manners, of Etal
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1796 births
1843 deaths
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1826–1830
Younger sons of baronets
Younger sons of barons
Felix Thomas Tollemache
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