Harold John TENNANT

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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

Ancestors

1. Harold John Tennant ( Gordon Duff , Abraham ) 1865 - 1935	2. Sir Charles Tennant ( Miles , Winsloe ) 1823 - post 1864	4. John Tennant 1796 - 1878

	3. Emma Winsloe ( Tennant ) 1828 - 1895	6. Richard Winsloe ( ? )
		7. Charlotte ? ( Winsloe ) + post 1828

Siblings

* post 1849
2.

(

) 1855 - post 1875
3.

Charles

Tennant

* 1856
4.

Charlotte (Charty) Monckton

Tennant

(

Lister

) 1858 - 1911
5.

Edward (Eddy) Priaulx

(

) 1859 - 1920
6.

* 1860
7.

(

) 1861 - 1942
8.

(

) 1862 - 1886
9.

(

) c. 1863 - 1925
10.

Emma Alice Margaret (Margot)

(

) 1864 - 1945
11.

(

) * 1899

Spouses

1. 1st Oct 1889
Helen Elizabeth
Gordon Duff
(
Tennant
) + 1892
2. 8th Jul 1896
Margaret (May) Edith
Abraham
(
Tennant
) 1871 - 1946

Descendants

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a. ? 1. M/? Tennant 2. F/? Tennant
b. Margaret (May) Edith Abraham ( Tennant ) 1871 - 1946 3. Henry Tennant 1897 - post 1901 4. John Tennant 1899 - 1967 4a. ? 4.1. hidden 4.1a. hidden 4.1.1. hidden 4.1.2. hidden

Sources

Family Archivists: see
Tennant
of Innes

Census

1881 census (lodger -
No address
)
1901 census (head of household - 33 Bruton St, London, , , England)

Timeline

18th Nov 1865	Born (birth) Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
3rd Apr 1881	Lodger in 1881 census (census) Eton, Berks., England
1st Oct 1889	Married Helen Elizabeth Gordon Duff ( Tennant ) + 1892 (marriage)
8th Jul 1896	Married Margaret (May) Edith Abraham ( Tennant ) 1871 - 1946 (marriage)
1901	Head of household in 1901 census (census) London, England
9th Nov 1935	Died (death) Great Maytham, England
Nov 1935	Buried (burial) Edinglassie, Scotland

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