James Tomkinson
James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 April 1910)[1] was an English landowner and Liberal politician.
Life
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Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester. He was the son of Waterloo veteran Lieutenant-Colonel William Tomkinson and Susan, daughter of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire[2] and a descendent of Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet.
He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887.[3] In 1895, he 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
[edit | edit source]- Charles William Tomkinson (1877–1939)[7]
- James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson (1879–1961)[7]
- James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (1915–1952)
- Charles Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1940)
- James Palmer-Tomkinson
- Santa Palmer-Tomkinson, now Santa Montefiore (born 1970)
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971–2017)
- 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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- ^ 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. Retrieved 29 August 2008
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- ^ a b c d Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson at thepeerage.com. Retrieved 29 August 2008
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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. Retrieved 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. Retrieved 30 August 2008
External links
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Tomkinson
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- 1840 births
- 1910 deaths
- British people of English descent
- Politicians from Chester
- Deputy lieutenants of Cheshire
- High sheriffs of Cheshire
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1900–1906
- UK MPs 1906–1910
- UK MPs 1910
- English landowners
- Palmer-Tomkinson family
- 19th-century British businesspeople
- Church Estates Commissioners