James Tomkinson
James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910)[1] was an English landowner and Liberal politician.
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Life
Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, He was the son of Waterloo veteran Lieutenant-general William Tomkinson and Susan, daughter of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire.[2]
He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887[3] and in 1895, unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals[4] but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe, holding the seat until his death in April 1910.[5] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cheshire in 1901,[6] became Second Church Estates Commissioner in 1907, and member of the Privy Council in November 1909.[7][8][9]
In 1871 Tomkinson married Emily Frances Palmer, a daughter of Sir George Palmer, 3rd Baronet, by his marriage to Emily Elizabeth Holford.[7]
Tomkinson died on 10 April 1910 from injuries sustained in a fall while participating in the House of Commons Steeplechase.[10]
Descendants
- Charles William Tomkinson (1877–1939)[7]
- James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson (1879–1961)[7]
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- James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (1915-1952)
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- Charles Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1940)
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- James Palmer-Tomkinson
- Santa Palmer-Tomkinson, now Santa Montefiore (born 1970)
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1971)
- Christopher Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1942)
- Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1943)
- Jane Lindsay Tomkinson, who in 1935 married Herbert Ingram, later Sir Herbert Ingram (1912–1980)[11]
- Henry Archdale Tomkinson (1881–1937) (Brigadier Tomkinson), manager of the royal Racing and Breeding Studs[12]
References
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Crewe 1900 – 1910 |
Succeeded by Walter McLaren |
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| Preceded by
Francis Dicken Brocklehurst
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High Sheriff of Cheshire 1887 |
Succeeded by Baron William Henry Von Schröder |
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25680. p. 1222. 8 March 1887. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27392. p. 9176. 31 December 1901.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson at thepeerage.com, accessed 29 August 2008
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28006. p. 2002. 22 March 1907. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28311. p. 8661. 23 November 1909. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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- ↑ '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
- ↑ '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
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