Baron Tennyson

Arms of Tennyson: *Gules, a bend nebuly or thereon a chaplet vert between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys of the second*^[1]

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.^[3] 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 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.

Barons 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)^[4]

Line of succession

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)
- Hon. Lionel Tennyson (1854–1886)
  - Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson (1878–1952)
    - James Alfred Tennyson (1913–2001)
      - 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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Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Tennyson
Coronet A Coronet of a baron Crest A dexter arm in armour the hand in a gauntlet or grasping a broken tilting spear enfiled with a garland of laurel Escutcheon Gules, a bend nebuly or thereon a chaplet in the chief point vert between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys of the second Supporters On either side a leopard rampant guardant gules semy-de-lys and ducally crowned or Motto Respiciens Prospiciens (Latin: "Looking backwards (is)^[5] looking forwards" (i.e. "History repeats itself"; "If you want to see into the future study the past")

Notes

^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1091
^ Such a style is properly used for the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir apparent of certain peers.
^ "No. 25308". The London Gazette. 15 January 1884. p. 243.
^ ^a ^b Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Tennyson, Baron". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 3374–3376. ISBN 978-1-9997-6705-1.
^ Verbs (here est) frequently omitted in Latin mottos for stylistic purposes

References

Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean and son. p. 844.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

[1] Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1091

[2] Such a style is properly used for the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir apparent of certain peers.

[3] "No. 25308". The London Gazette. 15 January 1884. p. 243.

[DBP-4] Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Tennyson, Baron". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 3374–3376. ISBN 978-1-9997-6705-1.

[5] Verbs (here est) frequently omitted in Latin mottos for stylistic purposes

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v t e Extant hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
King George III	Ellenborough Manners
The Prince Regent	Churchill Harris
King George IV	Ravensworth Delamere Forester Rayleigh Gifford Feversham Seaford Plunket Heytesbury Skelmersdale Wynford
King William IV	Kilmarnock Poltimore Mostyn de Saumarez Denman Abinger Ashburton Hatherton Stratheden Lovat^*
Queen Victoria	Rossmore^• Carew^• de Mauley Wrottesley Sudeley Methuen Stanley of Alderley^• Leigh Monteagle of Brandon Campbell Vivian Congleton Eddisbury^• Londesborough de Freyne Raglan Belper Chesham Churston Leconfield Lyveden Brougham and Vaux Westbury Annaly Northbrook Hartismere^• Hylton Penrhyn O'Neill Napier of Magdala Dunning^* Acton Wolverton O'Hagan Sandhurst Ettrick^* Aberdare Moncreiff Coleridge Cottesloe Hampton Harlech Tollemache Gerard Sackville Norton Trevor Ampthill Derwent Hothfield Tennyson Strathspey Monk Bretton Northbourne Northington^• Rothschild Revelstoke Monkswell Ashbourne St Oswald Montagu of Beaulieu Elphinstone^* Hindlip Grimthorpe Kensington^• Hamilton of Dalzell St Levan Basing de Ramsey Addington Savile Ashcombe Crawshaw Amherst of Hackney Newton Dunleath Swansea Aldenham HolmPatrick Burton Glanusk Cranworth Avebury Killanin Strathcona and Mount Royal
King Edward VII	Kinross Shuttleworth Grenfell Redesdale Burnham Biddulph Ritchie of Dundee Hemphill Joicey Nunburnholme Swaythling Blyth Marchamley Gorell Fisher Kilbracken
King George V	Hardinge of Penshurst de Villiers Glenconner Aberconway Merthyr Rowallan Ashton of Hyde Ravensdale Hollenden Parmoor Cunliffe Wrenbury Faringdon Shaughnessy Rathcreedan Somerleyton Carnock Beaverbrook Gainford Forteviot Colwyn Gisborough Morris Cawley Terrington Glenarthur Phillimore Inverforth Sinha Cochrane of Cults Clwyd Russell of Liverpool Swinfen Meston Cullen of Ashbourne Trevethin Glendyne Manton Forres Vestey Borwick Maclay Bethell Hunsdon Darling Banbury of Southam Merrivale Bradbury Mereworth^• Greenway Hayter Cornwallis Daresbury Wraxall Remnant Moynihan Craigmyle Dulverton Luke Alvingham Baden-Powell Ponsonby of Shulbrede Dickinson Noel-Buxton Howard of Penrith Rochester Selsdon Moyne Davies Rankeillour Brocket Milne Rennell Mottistone Iliffe Palmer Rockley Elton Wakehurst Hesketh Tweedsmuir Wigram Riverdale May Kennet Strathcarron
King Edward VIII	Catto
King George VI	Windlesham Mancroft McGowan Denham Rea Cadman Kenilworth Pender Roborough Brassey of Apethorpe Stamp Bicester Milford Hankey Harmsworth Rotherwick Glentoran Tryon Croft Teviot Nathan Reith Kindersley Ironside Latham Wedgwood Geddes Bruntisfield Brabazon of Tara Keyes Hemingford Moran Killearn Dowding Gretton Westwood Hazlerigg Hacking Chetwode Sandford Altrincham Broadbridge Mountevans Lindsay of Birker Piercy Chorley Calverley Tedder Colgrain Darwen Lucas of Chilworth Shepherd Newall Oaksey Rugby Layton Simon of Wythenshawe Kershaw Trefgarne Crook Amwell Milverton Clydesmuir Burden Haden-Guest Silkin§ Hives Ogmore Morris of Kenwood Macpherson of Drumochter Kenswood Freyberg Milner of Leeds Kirkwood Wise
Queen Elizabeth II	Jeffreys Rathcavan Baillieu Grantchester Coleraine Harvey of Tasburgh Gridley Strathalmond Strathclyde Clitheroe McNair Colyton Astor of Hever Sinclair of Cleeve Bridges Norrie Birkett Harding of Petherton Poole Rootes Netherthorpe Crathorne Spens MacAndrew Nelson of Stafford Howick of Glendale Sanderson of Ayot Cobbold Robertson of Oakridge Marks of Broughton Fairhaven Leighton of St Mellons Brain Aldington Inchyra Silsoe Egremont Thomson of Fleet Martonmere Sherfield Inglewood Glendevon Grimston of Westbury Renwick St Helens Margadale
§: Disclaimed. Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the Peerage of Scotland ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland

Barons Tennyson (1884)

Line of succession

See also

Arms

Notes

References