About Henry Tennant
Lived 1823 – 1910 (aged 86–87). Henry Tennant was a British businessperson.
Henry Tennant (1823–1910) was a British railway administrator. He served as general manager of the North Eastern Railway from 1870 to 1891. He was chairman of the Central London Railway from 1895 to 1898 and a director of the company after that.
Biography Henry Tennant was born in Countersett in 1823.
He married Mary Jane Goundry on 17 February 1847. She died in 1900. The committee designed the NER 1463 Class 2-4-0 steam locomotive.
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Who was Henry Tennant?
British railway administrator (1823–1910)
When was Henry Tennant born?
Henry Tennant was born in 1823 in Countersett.
When did Henry Tennant die?
Henry Tennant died in 1910.
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Henry Tennant was a businessperson.
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Henry Tennant was British.
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