TOLLEMACHE, Mrs Robert (Lorraine Frances Lougheed nee ALLEN) (d 2023?)

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Obit in the Guardian 8 April 2023 (Other LIves) submitted by her husband - 

 Lorraine Tollemache obituary | Social work | The Guardian

She was the dau of Brig Frederick Joshua ALLEN OBE.  She m 1962 Robert Hugh Thomas TOLLEMACHE son of Maj-Gen Sir Humphrey Thomas Tollemache 6th Baronet.  Their two children William and Rosa are adopted - this is clear in Burke's but not in Debrett's.  Their son and his son are therefore not in remainder to the baronetcy.  Grandchildren LIzzy and Felix not in DPB online

EXTRACTS:

My wife, Lorraine Tollemache, who has died aged 82, was an artist, teacher, social worker and psychotherapist. She was best known for her work as a senior clinical lecturer who trained social workers at the Tavistock Clinic in London.

Born in Quetta, in what is now Pakistan, to Leila (nee Portlock) and Freddy Allen, a brigadier in the Indian Army, Lorraine was the eldest of three sisters. Her father was from Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, and she was always proud of her Irish heritage. After Partition in India, the family returned to England on the Empire Windrush in 1947, leaving from Karachi, and settled in Surrey. She attended Guildford high school and then Roedean school in Brighton, East Sussex, where she excelled at English and art.

She studied at Farnham Art School (now part of the University for the Creative Arts) and then at the Institute of Education, University College London, where she and I met. We married in 1962 and moved to Cornwall, both working at St Austell grammar school. Lorraine was a gifted and imaginative art teacher who continued to paint, draw and produce ceramics throughout her life. We adopted two children, Billy and Rosa, in 1966 and 1971 respectively, and moved to Highbury in 1976, where our home was a testament to her visual flair and the location for many a spirited political and literary discussion…..

She is survived by me, our two children, and four grandchildren, Finn, Lizzy, Poppy and Felix.