1809 - 1892 (83 years)
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Name |
Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Suffix |
FRS |
Born |
6 Aug 1809 |
Somersby, Lincolnshire |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1891 |
Farringfold House, Freshwater, Isle of Wight |
Alfred Tennyson, Head, M, 81, Peer of the Realm (Baronet) Living on own means (Poet Laureate), Lincolnshire - Somersby
Emily Tennyson, Wife, M, 77, Lincolnshire Horncastle
Hallam Tennyson, Son, M, 38, JP for Hants. Living on own means, Middlesex Twickenham
Audrey Tennyson, Son's Wife, M, 36, Sussex Tillington
Lionel H Tennyson, Grandson, 1, Middlesex London
+ 9 servants |
Career |
1850-1892 |
Poet Laureate. Tennyson took over from William Wordsworth and held this position for the longest period in history. |
Died |
6 Oct 1892 |
Aldworth |
Probate |
16 Dec 1892 |
London |
TENNYSON the Right Honourable Alfred Baron, of Aldworth Sussex and of Farringford Freshwater Isle of Wight poet laureate died 6 October 1892 at Aldworth Probate London 16 December to the Right Honourable Hallam Baron Tennyson Effects £57206 13s.9d. |
Buried |
Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey |
Person ID |
I12874 |
Simpson & Elder |
Last Modified |
15 Aug 2013 |
Family |
Emily Sarah Sellwood, (Lady Tennyson), b. 9 Jul 1813, Market Place, Horncastle, Lincolnshire , d. 10 Aug 1896, Aldworth, nr. Haslemere, Sussex (Age 83 years) |
Married |
13 Jun 1850 |
Shiplake, Oxfordshire |
Children |
+ | 1. Hon. Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron, GCMG PC, b. 11 Aug 1852, Twickenham, Middlesex , d. 2 Dec 1928, 'Farringford', Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Age 76 years) |
+ | 2. Hon. Lionel Tennyson, b. 16 Mar 1854, d. 20 Apr 1886, aboard ship nr. Aden, in the Red Sea (Age 32 years) |
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Last Modified |
15 Jul 2013 |
Family ID |
F538 |
Group Sheet |
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