James Tomkinson

James Tomkinson

James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 1914), was an English landowner and Liberal politician.

Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887. [LondonGazette|issue=25680|startpage=1222|date=8 March 1887|accessdate=2008-02-11] In 1895, he unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=017-dtm&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 Tomkinson of Willington Hall collection] at catalogue details from The National Archives for records held by the Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service, accessed 29 August 2008] but in 1900 was elected as Member of Parliament for Crewe, holding the seat until the December 1910 general election, becoming Second Church Estates Commissioner in 1907, and member of the Privy Council in November 1909. [LondonGazette|issue=28006|startpage=2002|date=22 March 1907|accessdate=2008-09-01] [LondonGazette|issue=28311|startpage=8661|date=23 November 1909|accessdate=2008-09-01]

In 1871 Tomkinson married Emily Frances Palmer, a daughter of Sir George Palmer, 3rd Baronet and his wife Emily Elizabeth Holford. [http://www.thepeerage.com/p14945.htm#i149450 Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson] at thepeerage.com, accessed 29 August 2008] Their children were:

*Charles William Tomkinson (1877–1939)
*James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson (1879–1961)
*Jane Lindsay Tomkinson, who in 1935 married Herbert Ingram, later Sir Herbert Ingram (1912–1980) [' [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U155996 INGRAM, Sir Herbert, 3rd Bt cr. 1893] ', in "Who Was Who" (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2007) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 30 August 2008]
*Henry Archdale Tomkinson (1881–1937) (Brigadier Tomkinson), manager of the royal Racing and Breeding Studs [' [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U218225 TOMKINSON, Brigadier Henry Archdale] ', in "Who Was Who" (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2007) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 30 August 2008]

ee also

*James Palmer-Tomkinson
*Charles Palmer-Tomkinson
*Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

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