Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart


The Earl of Dysart

Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart, 1730, by John Vanderbank the Younger (1694–1739)
4th Earl of Dysart
PredecessorLionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart
SuccessorLionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart
Known forHigh Steward of Ipswich
Knight of the Thistle
Born(1708-05-01)1 May 1708
England
Died10 March 1770(1770-03-10) (aged 61)
London, England
Noble familyTollemache
Spouse(s)Grace Carteret
IssueLionel
Wilbrahim
Louisa, and others
FatherLionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart
MotherHenrietta Cavendish
OccupationLandowner

Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart, KT (1 May 1708 – 10 March 1770), styled Lord Huntingtower from 1712 to 1727, was an English peer and landowner.

Lionel's father, a namesake in 1712 predeceased his father Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart – on the latter's death in 1727, Lionel inherited the earldom and five main estates: Ham House in Surrey, Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, Harrington and Bentley in Northamptonshire, and 20,000 acres (8,100 ha; 31 sq mi) in Cheshire. The following year he went on a Grand Tour.

In 1729, he was elected High Steward of Ipswich, a post he held for 41 years.