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second baronet, again Sir Lionel Tollemache, succeeded his father in
1612. He married Elizabeth Stanhope, elder daughter and heiress of
John, first Baron Stanhope of Harrington in Northamptonshire. She
survived her husband and erected a beautiful monument to his memory
in Helmingham Church.
Sir Lionel Tollemache, second baronet, died in 1640. His eldest
son, Lionel, married Elizabeth Murray, daughter and heiress of William
Murray, Earl of Dysart, of Ham House. She succeeded to her father’s
title as well as to his property, and became Countess of Dysart in her
own right, and the owner of Ham House. After the death of her husband
Sir Lionel Tollemache, she, in 1671, married John Maitland, the second
Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale, the L of “ The Cabal.”
The history of the Duchess of Lauderdale, of the children of her
first marriage, and of some of their descendants, with a description of
Ham House, is given in the following pages.
In presenting this work to the public I must express my thanks to
the Earl of Dysart for his kindness in allowing photographs to be taken
of Ham House, and to the Lady Sudeley for much valuable assistance.
I have also to thank Dr. George C. Williamson for his encouragement,
without which this book would not have been published, and for his
superintendence of the whole work, as well as for the valuable contribu-
tion he has made to it in his account of the miniatures at Ham House.
I am indebted to Mr. Fletcher for his description of the Library and its
treasures, many of which have scarcely been examined before. And I owe
sincere thanks to Mr. Hyatt, of 70, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square,
for the beautiful illustrations which add so much to the interest of the book,
and give careful representations of many pieces of furniture, and of several
portraits, hitherto little known.
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1612. He married Elizabeth Stanhope, elder daughter and heiress of
John, first Baron Stanhope of Harrington in Northamptonshire. She
survived her husband and erected a beautiful monument to his memory
in Helmingham Church.
Sir Lionel Tollemache, second baronet, died in 1640. His eldest
son, Lionel, married Elizabeth Murray, daughter and heiress of William
Murray, Earl of Dysart, of Ham House. She succeeded to her father’s
title as well as to his property, and became Countess of Dysart in her
own right, and the owner of Ham House. After the death of her husband
Sir Lionel Tollemache, she, in 1671, married John Maitland, the second
Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale, the L of “ The Cabal.”
The history of the Duchess of Lauderdale, of the children of her
first marriage, and of some of their descendants, with a description of
Ham House, is given in the following pages.
In presenting this work to the public I must express my thanks to
the Earl of Dysart for his kindness in allowing photographs to be taken
of Ham House, and to the Lady Sudeley for much valuable assistance.
I have also to thank Dr. George C. Williamson for his encouragement,
without which this book would not have been published, and for his
superintendence of the whole work, as well as for the valuable contribu-
tion he has made to it in his account of the miniatures at Ham House.
I am indebted to Mr. Fletcher for his description of the Library and its
treasures, many of which have scarcely been examined before. And I owe
sincere thanks to Mr. Hyatt, of 70, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square,
for the beautiful illustrations which add so much to the interest of the book,
and give careful representations of many pieces of furniture, and of several
portraits, hitherto little known.
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