Thomas Tollemache | |
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| 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 | |
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.