James Tomkinson
James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 April 1910)[1] was an English landowner and Liberal politician.
Life
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
- 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
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Tomkinson, William (1894). Tomkinson, James (ed.). The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaign, 1809–1815. S. Sonnenschein & Company. p. vi.
- ^ "No. 25680". The London Gazette. 8 March 1887. p. 1222.
- ^ 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
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-900178-27-6.
- ^ "No. 27392". The London Gazette. 31 December 1901. p. 9176.
- ^ a b c d Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson at thepeerage.com. Retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ "No. 28006". The London Gazette. 22 March 1907. p. 2002.
- ^ "No. 28311". The London Gazette. 23 November 1909. p. 8661.
- ^ Staff (May 1910). "The late Mr. James Tomkinson, M.P." Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. XCIII: 389–392.
- ^ '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