Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart, styled Lord Huntingtower from 1651 to 1698, was an English nobleman. A Tory Member of Parliament at Westminster, he inherited Scottish peerages and was briefly Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1703 to 1705.

Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale, 2nd Countess of Dysart, was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of William Murray and his wife Catherine, the Earl and Countess of Dysart. She was raised in English court circles during the years leading up to the English Civil War and received a well-rounded education from her parents. Her first husband was Lionel Tollemache, with whom she had eleven children. In 1672, three years after Lionel's death, she married John Maitland and gained a prominent position in the restored court.