Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart 1649-1727

Around 1648 [his father] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet [aged 23] and [his mother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Murray 1st Earl Dysart [aged 48].

On 30th January 1649 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart was born to Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet [aged 24] and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 22].

In December 1655 [his grandfather] William Murray 1st Earl Dysart [aged 55] died. His daughter [his mother] Elizabeth [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Countess Dysart.

Before 25th March 1669 [his father] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet [aged 44] died. His son Lionel [aged 20] succeeded 4th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.

In 1672 [his step-father] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale [aged 55] and [his mother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 45] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Murray 1st Earl Dysart. He the son of John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale.

On 2nd May 1672 [his step-father] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale [aged 55] was created 1st Duke Lauderdale, 1st Earl March Unknown Creation. [his mother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 45] by marriage Duchess Lauderdale.

John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1677. To divert me, my Lord [aged 59] would needs carry me to see Ipswich, Suffolk [Map], when we dined with one Mr. Mann by the way, who was Recorder of the town. There were in our company my Lord Huntingtower [aged 28], son to the [his mother] Duchess of Lauderdale [aged 50], Sir Edward Bacon, a learned gentleman of the family of the great Chancellor Verulam, and Sir John Felton, with some other knights and gentlemen. After dinner came the bailiff and magistrates in their formalities with their maces to compliment my Lord, and invite him to the town-house, where they presented us a collation of dried sweetmeats and wine, the bells ringing, etc. Then, we went to see the town, and first, the Lord Viscount Hereford's [aged 3] house, which stands in a park near the town, like that at Brussels, in Flanders; the house not great, yet pretty, especially the hall. The stews for fish succeeded one another, and feed one the other, all paved at bottom. There is a good picture of the blessed virgin in one of the parlors, seeming to be of Holbein, or some good master. Then we saw the Haven, seven miles from Harwich, Essex [Map]. The tide runs out every day, but the bedding being soft mud, it is safe for shipping and a station. The trade of Ipswich, Suffolk [Map] is for the most part Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] coals, with which they supply London; but it was formerly a clothing town. There is not any beggar asks alms in the whole place, a thing very extraordinary, so ordered by the prudence of the magistrates. It has in it fourteen or fifteen beautiful churches: in a word, it is for building, cleanness, and good order, one of the best towns in England. Cardinal Wolsey was a butcher's son of Ipswich, but there is little of that magnificent Prelate's foundation here, besides a school and I think a library, which I did not see. His intentions were to build some great thing. We returned late to Euston, Suffolk, having traveled about fifty miles this day.

On 12th March 1678 [his brother-in-law] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 19] and [his sister] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and [his mother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 51]. He the son of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 49] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. They were sixth cousins.

On 30th September 1680 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 31] and Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Dysart. He the son of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 54].

On 20th April 1681 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 36] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford [aged 19] were married. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 61] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.

In 1682 [his daughter] Elizabeth Tollemache was born to Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 32] and [his wife] Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 20]. She married before 16th August 1745 Robert Salusbury Cotton 3rd Baronet, son of Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet and Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton.

On 7th June 1682 [his son] Lionel Tollemache was born to Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 33] and [his wife] Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 21]. He married 6th December 1706 Henrietta Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire and Mary Heneage, and had issue.

On 5th June 1698 [his mother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 71] died at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey. She was buried at Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. Her son Lionel [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Earl Dysart.

In 1701 [his brother-in-law] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 42] was created 1st Duke Argyll. [his sister] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Argyll.

On 6th December 1706 Lionel Tollemache [aged 24] and Henrietta Cavendish [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 34] and Mary Heneage. He the son of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 57] and Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 45].

On 19th September 1708 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 88] died at Twickenham, Richmond. His son Richard [aged 64] succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 3rd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. [his sister-in-law] Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford [aged 47] by marriage Countess Bradford.

On 26th July 1712 [his son] Lionel Tollemache [aged 30] died.

On 1st September 1724 [his son-in-law] John Brydges [aged 21] and Catherine Tollemache were married. She the daughter of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 75] and Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 63]. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos [aged 51] and Mary Lake.

On 23rd February 1727 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 78] died. His grandson Lionel [aged 18] succeeded 4th Earl Dysart, 5th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.

On 30th April 1740 [his former wife] Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 78] died.

[his daughter] Catherine Tollemache was born to Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart and Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart. She married 1st September 1724 John Brydges, son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake, and had issue.