Baron Tennyson

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Arms of Tennyson: Gules, a bend nebuly or thereon a chaplet vert between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys of the second<ref>Montague-Smith, P. W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 1091.</ref>

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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, the poet, usually (though, strictly, incorrectly) referred to as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson".<ref>Such a style is properly used for the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir apparent of certain peers.</ref>

Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> It was created in 1884 for the poet Alfred Tennyson. His son, the second Baron, served as Governor-General of Australia, and his grandson, the third Baron, as a captain for the English cricket team. On the death in 2006 of the latter's younger son, the fifth Baron, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The title was inherited by the late Baron's second cousin once removed, the sixth and present holder of the peerage. He is the great-grandson of the Hon. Lionel Tennyson, second son of the first Baron.

Another member of the Tennyson family was the naval architect Sir Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet. He was the grandson of Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, uncle of the first Baron Tennyson.

Baron Tennyson (1884)

• Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)
• Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (1852–1928), elder son of the first baron
• Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (1889–1951), son of the 2nd baron
• Harold Christopher Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson (1919–1991), elder son of the 3rd baron
• Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson (1920–2006), younger son of the 3rd baron
• David Harold Alexander Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson (b. 1960), great-great-grandson of the 1st baron

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Alan James Drummond Tennyson (b. 1965)<ref name="DBP"/> Template:Clear

Line of succession

• File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)
  • Hon. Lionel Tennyson (1854–1886)
    • Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson (1878–1952)
      • James Alfred Tennyson (1913–2001)
        • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg David Harold Alexander Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson (b. 1960)
        • (1) Alan James Drummond Tennyson (b. 1965)
    • Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (1879–1977)
      • (Beryl) Hallam Augustine Tennyson (1920–2005)
        • (2) (Charles) Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (b. 1955)
          • (3) Alexander Hallam Hopson Tennyson (b. 1986)
          • (4) Matthew James Tennyson (b. 1988)
          • (5) Frederick Penrose Tennyson (b. 1991)

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See also

• Emily, Lady Tennyson, wife of the 1st baron
• Tennyson-d'Eyncourt baronets, of Carter's Corner Farm

References

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