Ralph Tollemache's Eccentrically Named Children

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I just stumbled onto this guy’s Wikipedia page, and wow! He really had some imagination when it came to naming his kids. Here are the children of [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] Tollemache (from Wikipedia):

  1. [Sir [name_u]Lyonel[/name_u] [name_m]Felix[/name_m] Carteret [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] Tollemache, 4th [name_m]Baronet/name_m, of [name_m]Hanley[/name_m] [name_m]Hall[/name_m] (15 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1854 – 4 [name_u]March[/name_u] 1952)
  2. [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Artemesia[/name_f] (19 [name_f]February[/name_f] 1855 – 24 [name_f]May[/name_f] 1935)
  3. [name_f]Evelyne[/name_f] [name_f]Clementina[/name_f] Wentworth [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f] (7 [name_u]June[/name_u] 1856 – 1919)
  4. [name_m]Granville[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] Marchmont Manners Plantagenet (8 [name_u]June[/name_u] 1858 – 20 [name_f]April[/name_f] 1891)
  5. Marchmont [name_u]Murray[/name_u] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m] Grasett Stanhope Plantagenet (24 [name_u]December[/name_u] 1860 – 10 [name_f]April[/name_f] 1898)

From his second marriage:

  1. [name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] Irenez de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet (11 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1869 – 4 [name_u]July[/name_u] 1874)
  2. [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] Helmingham [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] Huntingtower [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] Blazonberrie [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] Vise de [name_u]Lou[/name_u] de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag [name_u]Saxon[/name_u] (11 [name_u]March[/name_u] 1872 – 5 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1955)
  3. Lyonesse [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Ernestine[/name_f] Curson Paulet Wilbraham [name_u]Joyce[/name_u] Eugénie [name_u]Bentley[/name_u] Saxonia Dysart Plantagenet (9 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1874 – 26 [name_u]August[/name_u] 1944)
  4. Lyulph Ydwallo [name_m]Odin[/name_m] [name_m]Nestor[/name_m] [name_m]Egbert[/name_m] [name_u]Lyonel[/name_u] (LYONEL) Toedmag [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] Erchenwyne (THE) [name_u]Saxon[/name_u] [name_m]Esa[/name_m] Cromwell [name_f]Orma[/name_f] Nevill Dysart (SECOND) Plantagenet (21 [name_u]August[/name_u] 1876 – 1961)
  5. Lyona [name_f]Decima[/name_f] Veroica Esyth [name_f]Undine[/name_f] Cyssa [name_f]Hylda[/name_f] [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] [name_f]Adela[/name_f] [name_f]Thyra[/name_f] Ursuala [name_f]Ysabel[/name_f] [name_f]Blanche[/name_f] Lelias Dysart Plantagenet (19 [name_f]April[/name_f] 1878 – 17 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1962) ([name_f]Decima[/name_f] for being the 10th child)
  6. [name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]Quintus[/name_m] Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet (19 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1879 – 1 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1914) ([name_m]Quintus[/name_m] for being the 5th son)
  7. Lyonella Fredegunda Cuthberga Ethelswytha Ideth [name_f]Ysabel[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Monica[/name_f] de Orellana Plantagenet (14 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1882 – 3 [name_f]October[/name_f] 1952)
  8. Leone [name_m]Sextus[/name_m] [name_m]Denys[/name_m] Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet (10 [name_u]June[/name_u] 1884 – 20 [name_f]February[/name_f] 1917) ([name_m]Sextus[/name_m] for being the 6th son)
  9. Lyonetta [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Regina[/name_f] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] [name_f]Myra[/name_f] Polwarth Avelina [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f] Violantha de Orellana Plantagenet (14 [name_f]February[/name_f] 1887 – 7 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1951)
  10. Lyunulph Cospatrick [name_m]Bruce[/name_m] [name_u]Berkeley[/name_u] [name_m]Jermyn[/name_m] Tullibardine Petersham de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet (11 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1892 – 30 [name_u]November[/name_u] 1960)

Personally, I could see [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Artemesia[/name_f] working today, and [name_m]Granville[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] Marchmont Manners is a definite GP for me!

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So weird, [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower BeatriceBlazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon has been on my list forever :joy:!

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[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] is what dreams are made of! (It’s too over the top for me, and over the top just in general, but wow, it’s a nameberry’s dream gp!)

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It looks like for each child he just added one more name so they get longer as they go :rofl: and it seems he got a little less imaginative at the end with Lyonesse, Lyulph, Lyona, Lyonella, Lyonetta, and Lyunlph- they’re just variations of the same name lol. I actually really like [name_m]Granville[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] Marchmont and I love [name_m]Leo[/name_m] Qunitus and that he used [name_m]Odin[/name_m]!

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These names would make a really fun CAF!

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Wowzers!! :flushed::flushed: [name_f]Imagine[/name_f] being named Lyunulph… yikes!

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Some amazing imagination.

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me likes [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] :smile:

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Wow! Some gems in there but he really had a thing for lions huh?

Lyonesse [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Ernestine[/name_f] etc just sounds like they’re listing names.

[name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_f]Inez[/name_f] is something pretty special and very nameberry haha. Actually so is [name_f]Evelyne[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] Wentworth [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f] :joy:

Oh my goodness I just read one of the sons emigrated to NZ and had 17 children which means I could be living among his descendants!

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Each name is its own name bank. You could turn this into a CAF.

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It’s like he couldn’t decide which extravagent name he likes most so he just threw them all in… Definitely not like me and my hundreds of names or anything…hehe send help :rofl:

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_m]Odin[/name_m], [name_f]Undine[/name_f] (but spelt [name_f]Ondine[/name_f]), [name_f]Artemesia[/name_f], Avelina, [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], Oswolf, [name_f]Evelyne[/name_f], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Quintus[/name_m], Huntingtower, Plantagenet, Blazonberrie, Veroica, and Lyonetta

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@12queen This reminds me of your friend, [name_f]Layla[/name_f] and her siblings but this guy at least have some normalish names thrown in there too :smile:

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Blazonberrie

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Is it bad that I’m actually considering adding Blazonberrie to my list? [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] blazonberrie!

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I like it :rofl:

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Definitely a GP for me!

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I actually quite like [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] Blazonberrie lol! I don’t see anything wrong with using it as a middle, I think the name is hilarious, but in a cute way

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Florence [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] is lucky compared to a lot of her siblings!

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There are some hidden gems in these crazy names! I broke them up into segments and discarded the repetitive title names and surnames.

Florence [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelyne[/name_f] [name_f]Clementina[/name_f]
Wentworth [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_m]Granville[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] Marchmont
Marchmont [name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] Grasett Stanhope
[name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] Helmingham
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] Huntingtower
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] Blazonberrie
Lyonesse [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f] Paulet
Wilbraham [name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
Eugenié [name_u]Bentley[/name_u]
Saxonia Dysart
Lyona Veroica
Cyssa [name_f]Hylda[/name_f] [name_f]Adela[/name_f]
[name_f]Ysabel[/name_f] [name_f]Blanche[/name_f] Lelias
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]Quintus[/name_m]
Lyonella Fredegunda
Cuthberga Ethelswytha
Ideth [name_f]Ysabel[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_u]Leone[/name_u] Oswolf
Lyonetta [name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Myra[/name_f] Avelina
Phillippa Violantha
Lyunulph Cospatrick
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m] [name_u]Berkeley[/name_u]
[name_m]Jermyn[/name_m] Tullibardine Petersham

Some aren’t so bad! What do you think?

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Dora [name_f]Viola[/name_f]? Please note it rhymes.
But yes, some aren’t so bad.