- Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
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Charles Clow Tennant
"Glasgow"
Tennant as caricatured in Vanity Fair, June 1883Born 4 November 1823
ScotlandDied 4 June 1906 (aged 82)
Broadoaks, Byfleet, Surrey, EnglandOccupation Banker, industrialist Spouse Emma Winsloe (m. 1849–1895)
Marguerite Miles (m. 1895–1906)Children by Emma Winsloe (1821-1895)
Pauline Emma (Posie) Tenant (1855-1888)
Charlotte Monckton (Charty) Tennant (1858-1911)
Edward Tennant (1859-1920)
Katharine Lucy (Lucy) Tennant (1860-1942)
Francis John (Frank) Tennant (1861-1942)
Octavia Laura (Laura) Mary Tennant (1862-1886)
Margot Asquith (1864-1945)
Harold John (Jack)Tennant (1865-1935)by Marguerite Miles (1868-1943)
Nancy Tennant (1904-1969)
Margaret Tennant (1899-1994)
Katharine (K) Tennant(1903-1994)Parents John Tennant, Robina Arrol Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet (4 November 1823 - 4 June 1906) Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.
Biography
Tennant was the son of John Tennant (1796–1878) and Robina Arrol. His grandfather was the chemist and industrialist Charles Tennant, at whose article many other notable members of the family are listed. He was President of the United Alkali Company and Chairman of the Union Bank of Scotland. Tennant also sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow from 1879 to 1880 and for Peebles and Selkirk from 1880 to 1886. He unsuccessfully contested Glasgow Partick in 1890. He was also a Trustee of the National Gallery and was appointed a Member of the Tariff Commission in 1904. In 1885 he was created a Baronet.
In 1852, Tennant purchased The Glen, an estate in southern Scotland, and commissioned architect David Bryce to design a new house, which was completed in 1855.[1]
Tennant's first marriage was to Emma Winsloe, daughter of Richard Winsloe, in 1849. After her death in 1895 he was remarried to Marguerite Agaranthe Miles, daughter of Charles William Miles and cousin of Sir Philip Miles in 1898. His second wife was a talented amateur musician and he bought the Lady Tennant Stradivarius for her as a gift.
His son from his first marriage, Harold Tennant, became a Liberal politician, while his daughter from his first marriage, Margot, was the second wife of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a socialite and author. Tennant died in June 1906 in Broadoaks, Byfleet, Surrey, aged 82, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Edward, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Glenconner in 1911. His daughters by his second marriage included Katharine Tennant, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, Nancy, Lady Crathorne and Margaret, Lady Wakehurst
References
- ^ "The Glen, house and service wing: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/portal.hsstart?P_HBNUM=19746. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- Blow, Simon (1987). Broken Blood - The Rise and Fall of the Tennant family. London: Faber. ISBN 0571133746.
- Dugdale, Nancy (1973). Tennant's Stalk: the story of the Tennants of the Glen. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0333138201.
- Debrett, John; Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press. ISBN 0312046405.
- Who Was Who
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Tennant
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
George Anderson
Charles Cameron
Alexander WhitelawMember of Parliament for Glasgow
1879–1880
With: George Anderson 1879–1880
Charles Cameron 1879–1880Succeeded by
George Anderson
Charles Cameron
Robert Tweedie MiddletonPreceded by
Sir Graham Graham-MontgomeryMember of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk
1880–1886Succeeded by
Sir Walter ThorburnBaronetage of the United Kingdom New title Tennant Baronets
1885–1906Succeeded by
Edward TennantCategories:- 1823 births
- 1906 deaths
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- UK MPs 1880–1885
- UK MPs 1885–1886
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