Baron Tennyson, of

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in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1884 for the poet

Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

. His son, the second Baron, served as Governor-General of Australia, and his grandson, the third Baron, as a captain for the

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. 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

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. 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 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, (11 August 1852 – 2 December 1928) was a British aristocrat who served as the second governor-general of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1904. He was previously Governor of South Australia from 1899 to 1 ...

(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

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is the present holder's brother, Alan James Drummond Tennyson (b. 1965) and the heir presumptive's

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is his son, Andrew Barnard Tennyson (b. 1992).

Line of succession

'' Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)'' ** Coronet of a British Baron

(1852–1928)'' *** Coronet of a British Baron

'' Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (1889–1951)'' **** Coronet of a British Baron

'' Harold Christopher Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson (1919–1991)'' **** Coronet of a British Baron

'' Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson (1920–2006)'' ** ''Hon. Lionel Tennyson (1854–1886)'' *** ''Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson (1878–1952)'' **** ''James Alfred Tennyson (1913–2001)'' ***** Coronet of a British Baron

David Harold Alexander Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson (b. 1960) ***** (1) Alan James Drummond Tennyson (b. 1965) ****** (2) Andrew Barnard Tennyson (b. 1992) *** '' Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (1879–1977)'' **** '' (Charles) Julian Tennyson (1915–1945)'' ***** (3) Simon Tennyson (b. 1939) **** '' (Beryl) Hallam Augustine Tennyson (1920–2005)'' ***** (4) (Charles) Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (b. 1955) ****** (5) Alexander Hallam Hopson Tennyson (b. 1986) ****** (6) Matthew James Tennyson (b. 1988) ****** (7) Frederick Penrose Tennyson (b. 1991)

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Barons Tennyson (1884)

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