Thomas Tollemache

Thomas Tollemache
Member of Parliament for Chippenham
In office January 1692 – June 1694
Governor of Portsmouth
In office 1690–1694
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
In office January 1689 – February 1690
Personal details
Born	1651 Helmingham Hall, Suffolk
Died	12 June 1694 Plymouth
Resting place	St Mary's, Helmingham
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation	Military officer, politician
Military service
Allegiance	England
Branch/service	English Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Battles/wars	Nine Years' War Battle of Walcourt; Battle of Aughrim; Athlone; Limerick; Steenkerque; Landen; Camaret;

Lieutenant-General Thomas Tollemache (c. 1651 – 12 June 1694) was an English Army officer and politician. Beginning his military career in 1673, in 1686 he resigned his commission in protest at the commissioning of Catholic officers into the Army by James II of England. A supporter of military intervention by the Protestant William of Orange against James II, in early 1688 he joined a regiment of the Anglo-Scots Brigade, a mercenary unit in the Dutch States Army.

In November 1688, he accompanied William to England in the Glorious Revolution and shortly afterwards became colonel of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards and MP for Malmesbury. He fought in Flanders and Ireland during the Nine Years' War, as well as being appointed Governor of Portsmouth in 1690 and elected for Chippenham in 1692. In 1694, he was badly wounded at the Battle of Camaret; he died of his injuries on 12 June and was buried in St Mary's Church, Helmingham.