Tennant, Cecil Arthur
TENNANT, CECIL ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. ii,
1876. [3rd] s. of Robert [M.P. for Leeds], of Scarcroft Lodge,
Leeds (and Harriette, dau. of Jeremiah Garnett, of Man- chester). B. Nov. 24, 1857, at Leeds. School, Rugby. Matnc.
Michs. 1876. Adm. at the Inner Temple, June 27, 1878.
Called to the Bar, June 29, 1881. Married, July i7, 1890,
Constance Edith, youngest dau. of the Rev. Charles H.
Crosse, R. of Fincham, Norfolk. Died Aug. 9. 1916. (Rugby
Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
TENNANT, EDWARD. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Trinity, Aug. 7,
1788. S. of James, of London. School, Leeds. Matric. Michs.
1789- B.A. 1793; M.A. 1796. C. of Beeston, near Leeds, 1804.
Died Aug. 23, 1804, aged 35. (G. Mag., 1804, 983; Whitaker, Loidis and Elniete.)
TENNANT, EDWARD PRIAULX. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June I, 1878. [Eldest] s. of [Sir] Charles [ist Bart., M.P.], of
Glen, Innerleithen, Peebles, (and Emma, dau. of Richard
Winsloe, of Taunton). B. there [May 31], 1859. School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1878; B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887. Adm. at
the Inner Temple, Apr. 17, 1881. Private Secretary to
Sir George Trevelyan, at the Scottish Office, 1892-5. M.P. for
Salisbury, 1906-10. Succeeded his father as 2nd Bart.,
June 4, 1906. Created Baron Glenconner, Apr. 3, 1911.
Lord-Lieutenant of Peebles., 1908-20. Lord High Commis- sioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
1911-14. Of Glen, Innerleithen, Wilsford Manor, Salisbury,
and 34, Queen Anne's Gate, London. Married, July 11, 1895, Pamela Genevieve Adelaide, youngest dau. of the Hon. Percy
Wyndham, and had issue. Died Nov. 21, 1920, in London.
Brother of Harold J. (1885). (Eton Sch. Lists; Who was Who;
Scott, MSS.; Inns of Court; Fo.x-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, Nov. 22, 1920.)
TENNANT (or TENANT), FRANCIS. Adm. pens, (age 17) at
Pembroke, May 7, 1772. S. of John, of Bentham, Yorks.
Matric. Easter, 1773; Scholar; B.A. 1776; M.A. 1779. Fellow,
1777. Senior Proctor, 1794-5-
TENNANT, FREDERICK ROBERT. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i,
1885. S. of Frederick, of Stoke-on-Trent. B. [Sept. i], 1866,
at Burslem, Staffs. Schools, Shelton and Newcastle-under-
Lyme High. Matric. Michs. 1885; Scholar; (Nat. Sci. Trip.,
Pt I, ist Class, 1887; Pt II, ist Class, 1889); B.A. 1888;
M.A. 1894; B.D. 1903; D.D. 1907. Fellow of Trinity, 1913-
52-. B.Sc, London, 1893. Hon. D.D., Oxford, 1929. F.B.A.
1935. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1891; priest, 1894. Assistant
Master at Sir E. H. Currie's School, Folkestone; Senior
Science Master at the High School, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
1890-3. C. of HartshiU, Staffs., 1891-3. C. of Walsall,
1894-7. C. of Great Shelford, Cambs., 1897-9. Chaplain of
Caius College and C. of Great St Mary's, Cambridge, 1897-9- Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1899; at Oxford, 1907-8. R. of
Hockwold with Wilton, Norfolk, 1903-13. Hulsean Lecturer,
1901. University Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion,
1907-13. Tarner Lecturer, 1931. Married, 1891, Constance
Yates. Author, The Sources of the Doctrine of the Fall and
Original Sin; The Being of God in the Light of Physical Science;
The Concept of Sin; Miracle and its Philosophical Presup- positions ; The Soul and its Faculties ; The World, the Soul, and
God; The Origin and Propagation of Sin, etc. Of The Knott,
Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, 1952. (Newcastle High Sch.
Reg.; Venn, 11. 475; Crockford; Wlw's Who.)
TENNANT, HAROLD JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 12,
1885. [Youngest] s. of [Sir] Charles [ist Bart.], of 35,
Gloucester Square, London (and Emma, dau. of Richard
Winsloe, Esq., of Taunton). B. [Nov. 11, 1865], at Glen,
Innerleithen, Peebles. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1885;
B.A. 1888. Private Secretary to Mr Asquith, 1892-5. M.P.
for Berwickshire, 1894-1918. Parliamentary Secretary to the
Board of Trade, 1909-11; Financial Secretary to the War
Office, 1911-12; Under-Secretary of State for War, 1912-16. Secretary for Scotland, 1916. P.C. 1914. Of Great Maytham,
Rolvenden, Kent, Edinglassie, Strathdon, Aberdeens., and
33, Bruton Street, London. J. P. for Kent, 1912; D.L. for
Aberdeens., 1915. Married (i) Oct. i, 1889, Helen Elizabeth,
dau. of Major Gordon Dufi, of Drummuir; (2) July 8, 1896,
Margaret Edith, dau. of George Whitley Abraham, and had
issue. Author, Letters from a Lowland Keeper. Died Nov. 9,
1935, at Great Maytham; buried at Edinglassie. Brother of
Edward P. (1878). (Eton Sch. Lists; Who was Who; Burke,
P. and B.; The Times, Nov. 11, 1935.)
TENNANT, HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, Dec. 28,
1810. [Eldest] s. of George [gent., of Bloomsbury, and
Cadoxton, Glam.]. B. [Dec. 26, i794], in London. School,
Winchester. Doubtful if resided. Matric. from New College,
Oxford, July 10, 1813, 'aged 18'; B.C.L. 1821. FeUow, 1813-
21. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 10, 1811. Called to the Bar,
June 20, 1820; Bencher, 1847-65; Treasurer, 1847. Of Cadoxton Lodge, Glam. D.L. Married Elizabeth, dau. of
Tennant, William
George Boone Roupell, Master in Chancery, of Chartham
Park, East Grinstead, Sussex, and had issue. Died Sept. 26,
1865, in London. (Boase, vi. 671; Al. Oxon.; Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.)
TENNANT, HENRY HOPKINSON. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 19, 1840. S. of the Rev. William (1810), of Castle
Bytham, Lines, (and Catharine). Bapt. July 17, 1820.
School, Uppingham (Mr Butterton). Matric. Michs. 1840.
(Uppingham Sch. Roll.)
TENNANT, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Apr. 16, 1866.
[Eldest] s. of John Clow. B. [Dec. 28], 1847, at Roby, Lanes.
School, Windermere (private). Matric. Michs. 1866; Scholar,
1868; B.A. (T.2th Wrangler) 1870; M.A. 1873- Adm. at the
Inner Temple, Nov. 10, 1871. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26,
1875. Well known as a philanthropist, particulariy in East
London. Died Feb. 23, 1930, in London. (Inns of Court;
Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Feb. 28, 1930.)
TENNANT, OTTIWELL. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Dec. 15, 1798.
Matric. Michs. 1799. Migrated to St Catharine's, Jan. 21, 1800; B.A. 1803; M.A. 1806. V. of Winwick, Hunts., 1812-63.
R. of Coppingford with Upton, 1821-63. Died Mar. 13, 1863,
aged 82, at Upton rectory. (Crockford; Clergy List; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1863, i. 663.)
TENNANT, ROBERT JAMES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Feb. 25, 1861. S. of Robert, brewer. B. Oct. 25, 1843, in Sheffield.
School, Bramham College. Matric. Michs. 1861; B.A. 1865;
M.A. 1870. Belonged to a Sheffield family of brewers.
'A great sportsman, — hunting, shooting and fishing.' Died May 29, 1879. (Peile, u. 568.)
TENNANT, ROBERT JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
Feb. 14, 1827. S. of James. B. Jan. 14, 1809, in Leeds.
School, Christ's Hospital, London. Matric. Michs. 1827;
Scholar, 1829; B.-'V. 1831; M.A. 1835. 'Tennant is gone down to Edinburgh to canvass for the Professorship of English
Literature at the High School of that place. I sincerely hope
that he may get it, for he is a man of no fortune, and his
chance of a Fellowship is I suspect very small.' Minister of the English Church in Florence. Died in 1842. (W. B. Donne
and his Friends, 11; Christ's Hosp. Exhib.; Warwick's Umv. Reg; 1843-)
TENNANT, SANDERSON. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Trinity,
June 12, 1819. S. of James, broker, of Liverpool. B. at Leeds.
School, Leeds. Matric. Michs. 1820; Scholar, 1823; B.A.
(12th Wrangler and 5th Classic) 1824; M.A. 1827. Chaplain,
1827-38. Ord. deacon, 1827; priest, 1828. First Head
Master of Blackheath Proprietary School, 1831-50. C. of
St Paul's, Bedford, 1851-61. Married and had issue. Died
Feb. 16, 1872, in South Kensington. Father of the next.
(Leeds Gr. Sch. Adm. Book; Crockford; H. W. Ord; J. W.
Kirby.)
TENNANT, SANDERSON. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity Hall,
Apr. 23, i860. [3rd] s. of the Rev. S[anderson] (above).
School, Blackheath Proprietary'. Matric. Michs. i860;
Scholar; B.A. 1864. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 19, 1861.
Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1865. Died Oct. 10, 1880. (Law
Lists; Inns of Court; The Guardian, Oct. 20, 1880.)
TENNANT, SMITHSON. Adm. FeU.-Com. (age 19) at Christ's, Oct. 30, 1782. S. of the Rev. Calvert (1736), of Selby, Yorks.
(and Mary Daunt). B. there [Nov. 30, 1761]. School,
Beverley [and at Edinburgh University]. Matric. Michs.
1784. Migrated to Emmanuel, Dec. 21, 1786; M.B. 1788;
M.D. 1796. F.R.S., 1785; Copley medal, 1804. Professor of
Chemistry, 1813-15, but gave only one course of lectures. Discovered two new metals, osmium and iridium. Travelled
in Denmark and Sweden. Gunning says : ' A friend who was to travel with him from Cambridge to France, knowing his
unpunctuality, ordered a post chaise, being sure that Tennant would not be in time for the London coach. When the chaise
arrived Tennant had neither breakfasted nor packed: he
drank his tea and proceeded to pack. Putting his tablecloth
on the floor he emptied into it all his linen : taking a second
tablecloth, he put therein clothes, boots and brushes;
fastened them up as a laundress does and was ready to start." 'A man of wide culture, and of severe taste in literature and
arts.' Lived partly in London and partly near Cheddar, where he farmed. Killed on Feb. 22, 1815, by the collapse of
a bridge near Boulogne over which he was riding. (Peile, 11.
316; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1815, i. 281; Gunning, Reminiscences,
II. 59-62; Hist. Reg., 86.)
TENNANT, WILLIAM. .A.dm. sizar (age 17) at Pembroke,
Dec. 10, 1810. S. of — , of Bentham, Yorks. Matric. Michs.
i8n; Scholar; B.A. 1815. C. of Castle Bytham, Lines.,
-1832-56. Married Catharine, dau. of Henry Hopkinson, Esq.
Disappears from Clergy List, 1857. Father of Henry H.
(1840). (P. B. G. BinnaU.)
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