Person Tennyson; Alfred (1809 - 1892); 1st Baron Tennyson Tennyson Alfred 1809 - 1892 British Male Somersby, Lincolnshire, England 06 August 1809 1809 Aldworth, Sussex 06 October 1892 1892 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight (1865)

Education: Louth; Trinity College, Cambridge (1827-1831, no degree); DCL (1855, Oxford) Career: Joint author with his brother of 'Poems by two brothers' (1827); Poet Laureate (1850); Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge Honours: Baron 1884 Memberships: FRSE (Honorary); Literary Fund Society (Vice President) Third son of Rev George Clayton Tennyson, Rector of Somersby, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Rev Stephen Fytche, Vicar of Louth; nephew of Charles Tennyson (later D'Eyncourt) (FRS 1829); married (13 June 1850) Emily, daughter of Henry Sellwood and his wife Sarah, sister of Sir John Franklin (FRS 1823) (she died 1896) Fellow 01/06/1865 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Peter Bridges, 'A Long-Distance Londoner' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 121-129 A J Meadows, 'Astronomy and Geology, Terrible Muses! Tennyson and 19th-Century Science' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 111-118 Vanity Fair 22 July 1871 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 6 Aug 1809 - 6 Oct 1892 NA6058 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes c631b20e-20c8-48ad-b072-d811476b9181