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House of Tollemache
Incorporating the families of , Manners, Scott, greaves and Grant



Earls of Dysart (1643/1670)

  • William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart, Lord Huntingtower (d. 1655)
  • Elizabeth Tollemache, 2nd Countess of Dysart (d. 1698), married firstly Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet (1624 - 1669) and secondly John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane (1616-1682). In 1670 she resigned the peerage and received a new grant thereof by patent with precedency of her father, and with remainder to her heirs of the body, failing which to her heirs whatsoever.
  • Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart (1649–1727)
  • Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (1708–1770)
  • Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart (1734–1799)
  • Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart (1739–1821)
  • Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart (1745–1840), married John Manners (1730-1792) eldest natural son of Lord William Manners (1697-1772), second son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland
  • Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (1794–1878)
  • William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart (1859–1935)
  • Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart (1889–1975), niece of 9th Earl of Dysart and daughter of Lady Agnes Mary Manners Tollemache (1855-1912) and her husband Charles Norman Lindsay Tollemache Scott (d.1938) and married Major Owain Edward Whitebread-Greaves (1882-1941)
  • Rosamund Agnes Greaves nee Scott, 11th Countess of Dysart (1914–2003)
  • Katherine Grant nee Greaves, 12th Countess of Dysart (b. 1918), married Lieutenant-Colonel John
  • Peter Grant (1915-1987) the 15th Laird of Rothiemurchus.



Tollemache of Helmingham Hall, Baronets ( 1611- 1821)
Earls of Dysart (1670, from 1698 to 1821)

  • Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet ( 1562-c. 1620)
  • Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet ( 1591- 1640)
  • Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet (1624 - 1669)
  • Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart, 4th Baronet (1649-1727)
  • Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart, 5th Baronet (1708-1770)
  • Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart, 6th Baronet (1734-1799)
  • Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart, 7th Baronet (1739-1821)



Tollemache of Hanley Hall, Baronets ( 1793)
Earls of Dysart (1670, from 1840 to 1935)

  • Sir William Tollemache, 1st Baronet (d. 1833), known as Sir William Manners, Bt, between 1793 and 1821 and then known as Lord Huntingtower from 1821, son of Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart (1745–1840)
  • Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart, 2nd Baronet ( 1794- 1878)
  • William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart, 3rd Baronet ( 1859- 1935)
  • Sir Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache, 4th Baronet ( 1854- 1952)
  • Sir Cecil Lyonel Newcomen Tollemache, 5th Baronet ( 1886- 1969)
  • Sir Humphry Thomas Tollemache, 6th Baronet ( 1897- 1990)
  • Sir Lyonel Humphry John Tollemache, 7th Baronet (b. 1931)




Barons Tollemache (1876)

  • John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache (1805–1890), son of Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday (who in 1821 assumed by Royal license the surname and arms of Tollemache in lieu of Halliday), eldest son of Lady Jane Halliday, youngest daughter and co-heir of Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter and co-heir of John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough.
  • Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache (1832–1904)
  • Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache (1883–1955)
  • John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache (1910–1975)
  • Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache (b. 1939)



William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart, Lord Huntingtower (d. 1655) Elizabeth Tollemache, 2nd Countess of Dysart (d. 1698)Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet (1624 - 1669) John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane KG (1616-1682)3rd to 6th Earls of Dysart Tollemache of Helmingham Hall, Baronets John Manners (1730-1792) Sir William Manners,1st Baronet (d. 1833), to 1793Sir William Tollemache, 1st Baronet (d. 1833), as Lord Huntingtower 8th and 9th Earls of Dysart Tollemache of Hanley Hall, Baronets 13th to 16th Countesses of Dysart Charles Norman Lindsay Tollemache Scott (d.1938) Major Owain Edward Whitebread-Greaves (1882-1941)Barons Tollemache

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