Henry James Tollemache

[3] Tollemache was elected to one of the West Cheshire parliamentary seats in a by-election on 25 April 1881,[2] caused by the death of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton.

[2] He rarely spoke in the House, and most of his work related to agricultural issues;[3][6] he supported the ploughing campaign during the First World War, advocated against the government policy of mass culling of cattle to counter foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks,[3] and supported agricultural protectionism.

[3] He served as the senior Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1893[1][3] and was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of the county in 1924, succeeding Sir George Dixon.

[3][9][10] The couple had no surviving children, and Dorfold Hall passed to his nephew, Christopher F. Roundell, the son of his eldest sister, Julia (1845–1931).

[3][4] A painting of Tollemache and his sister Julia by "Hurleston" (possibly Frederick Yeates Hurlstone) hangs in the Dining Room of Dorfold Hall.