Ralph Tollemache

Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache-Tollemache, MA, JP (19 October 1826 – 5 October 1895) was an English clergyman in the Church of England. He is best known for the unusual and increasingly eccentric names that he chose for his numerous children. Life and career Born as Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache, he was the eldest son of the Honourable and Reverend Hugh Francis Tollemache (1802–1890) and his wife, Matilda, the daughter of Joseph Hume. His father was the fourth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower, the eldest son and heir of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart. He was a Church of England clergyman, serving as rector of Harrington in Northamptonshire for 58 years. Tollemache was educated at Uppingham School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with his BA in 1850. He followed his father's vocation, and was ordained as a deacon in Manchester in 1849 and as a priest in Lincoln in 1850. He became rector of South Wytham in Lincolnshire in 1850, and retained that living until his death. He was also a Justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire. He married his cousin Caroline Tollemache (7 June 1828 – 6 June 1867) on 15 February 1853. She was the daughter of the Hon. Felix Thomas Tollemache, the second son of the same William Talmash named above, and Catherine Gray.