Harold John Tennant 1865 - 1935
Harold John Tennant , MP Retired Superintendant of factories (1901). Issue. Cambs. Alumni entry reads: TENNANT, HAROLD JOHN College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1885 Born: Nov. 11, 1865 Died: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 12, 1885. [Youngest] s. of [Sir] Charles [1st 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 (1) Oct. 1, 1889, Helen Elizabeth, dau. of Major Gordon Duff, 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.) Born: The Glen, Traquair, Peebles, , Scotland 18th Nov 1865 | Baptised:
| Died: Great Maytham, , , England 9th Nov 1935 | Buried: Edinglassie, , , Scotland Nov 1935
| Family: Tennant of Innes |
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