About Charles Tennyson
Lived 1879 – 1977 (aged 97). Charles Tennyson was a civil servant.
Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (8 November 1879 – 22 June 1977), a grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was a civil servant, an industrialist, and an academic of his grandfather.
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. Beryl Hallam Augustine Tennyson (10 December 1920 – 21 December 2005), radio producer and father of: Charles Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (born 11 May 1955), a physicist Sita Rosalind Joanna Tennyson (born 28 April 1950), social innovator and consultant
He was awarded CMG in the 1915 New Year Honours and knighted in 1945.
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Who was Charles Tennyson?
British businessman (1879–1977)
When was Charles Tennyson born?
Charles Tennyson was born on 8 November 1879.
When did Charles Tennyson die?
Charles Tennyson died on 22 June 1977.
What was Charles Tennyson's occupation?
Charles Tennyson was a civil servant.
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