Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache

Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache DL, JP (7 March 1883 – 13 January 1955), was the 3rd Baron Tollemache, an army officer and a writer on croquet and bridge.

Personal life
Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache was the grandson of Wilbraham Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, and Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, succeeding him to the baronetcy in December 1904, and to the ownership of 35726 acre of land within Suffolk, Cheshire, Denbigh and Flint. He was educated at Eton College, and later became a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace. Before marriage he was a member of the Bachelors' Club.

Tollemache first married in 1902 Wynford Rose Kemball (died 16 May 1926), daughter of army officer and diplomat Arnold Burrowes Kemball RA, KCB, KCSI. The marriage produced two female children. His second marriage in 1928 was to Lynette Pawson, MBE, of Nynehead Court, Somerset, the marriage producing one female child.

In 1924 he appealed to the tax commissioners against an assessment for supertax of £17,343 and £18,000 for the years 1921 and 1922.

On his death in 1955 he was succeeded to the Barontecy by his cousin John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, (1910–1975). Bentley Tollemache is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Helmingham.

Military career
In 1901 Tollemache became a Second Lieutenant in the Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, serving in the Boer War, and becoming battalion captain in 1905-06. He also served as a Lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. In 1906-08 he became a captain in the 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, and was later wounded in the First World War, during which, in 1916, he became a captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Writings
Tollemache wrote the books Croquet (1914), The Chronological Order System - the key to safe calling in contract bridge (1914), Croquet: hints on "practice," "tactics," and "stroke play", (1923), Croquet (1926), The Key to Safe Slam Calling in Contract Bridge (1931), and Modern Croquet Tips and Practice (1947).