Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache

[2][3][4] He duly succeeded him to the barony in December 1904, becoming owner of 35,726 acres (145 km2) of land in Suffolk and in Cheshire, Denbigh and Flint.

[4][6][7][8] On 21 August 1901 Tollemache was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

[9] The Battalion had been embodied for active service in South Africa and he too served in the Second Boer War, returning in June 1902.

In 1906, he transferred to the 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, nearer to his ancestral home, and served for another two years.

[7] Lord Tollemache died in 1955 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Helmingham.