- Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart
Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart (21 October 1739 – 9 March 1821), known from 1739 to 1799 as Hon. Wilbraham Tollemache, was a British politician, a younger son of
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart .Tollemache originally served in the
Royal Navy , and then in theBritish Army , retiring in 1775 as amajor in the6th Regiment of Foot . He first entered the House of Commons asMember of Parliament for Northampton in 1771. On 4 February 1773, he married Anna Maria Lewis, but had no children. He continued to sit for Northampton until 1780, and then represented Liskeard until 1784. He wasHigh Sheriff of Cheshire in 1785, and laterHigh Steward ofIpswich , like his elder brother.He inherited the earldom and the accompanying estates from his childless elder brother, Lionel, in 1799. Wilbraham carried out a program of improvements at Ham House, including the creation of the Yellow Satin Bedroom, and was also a patron of Reynolds and Gainsborough.
Dysart died without children. The baronetcy of Tollemache became extinct upon his death, while the Earldom of Dysart passed to his sister Louisa.
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*Scots Peerage
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