Charles Tennyson (civil servant)
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Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson CMG (8 Nov. 1879 - 22 June 1977) was a grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, was a civil servant and industrialist, and academic of his grandfather.[1][2][3]
Tennyson was the son of the Hon. Lionel Tennyson and his wife Eleanor Bertha Mary, daughter of Frederick Locker. His father was the younger son of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In 1909, he married Ivy Gladys OBE (née Pretious). They had three sons, two of whom were killed during the Second World War:
- Frederick Penrose Tennyson, known as Pen (1912-1941).
- Charles Julian Tennyson (7 Feb 1915-1945)[4]
- Hallam Augustine Tennyson (1920-2005), radio producer.
He was awarded CMG in the 1915 New Year Honours and knighted in 1945.
References
- ↑ ‘TENNYSON, Sir Charles Bruce Locker’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 17 Dec 2013
- ↑ Sir Charles Tennyson (Obituaries) Sir Michael Balcon. The Times Tuesday, Jun 28, 1977; pg. 18; Issue 60041; col F
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