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Charles Tennyson Turner (born Charles Tennyson; 4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet. Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, he was an elder brother of
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 friendship and the "heart union" with his brother is revealed in ''Poems by Two Brothers'' (1829). Another poet brother was Frederick Tennyson. In 1833, Charles was
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a priest in the
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. On 1 October 1835, he changed his surname to Turner after inheriting the estate of his great-uncle, the Reverend Samuel Turner of
Caistor Caistor is a town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman Empire, Roman castrum or fortress. It lies at the north-west edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Vikin ...
in
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. On 24 May 1836, he married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; she later suffered from mental illness and became an
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addict. Charles died on 25 April 1879, at the age of 70, at 6 Imperial Square in
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, Gloucestershire.W. H. Auden – 'Family Ghosts' – Rev. Charles Turner [formerly Tennyson] (I10561)
/ref> Turner was key in the construction of Grasby, a small village on the outskirts of
Caistor Caistor is a town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman Empire, Roman castrum or fortress. It lies at the north-west edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Vikin ...
. He helped construct part of the school (Grasby School) and was the vicar of Grasby Church for a while.


Published works

* ''Sonnets'' (1864) * ''Small Tableaux'' (1868) * ''Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations'' (1873) * ''Collected Poems'' (1880, 8 months after death), assembled by Alfred and Hallam Tennyson, and James Spedding


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* * People from East Lindsey District 1808 births 1879 deaths
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