Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet

This article is about the Scottish businessman. For his grandfather, see Charles Tennant.
Sir Charles Clow Tennant, Bt

"Glasgow"
Tennant as caricatured in Vanity Fair, June 1883
Born (1823-11-04)4 November 1823
Scotland
Died 4 June 1906(1906-06-04) (aged 82)
Broadoaks, Byfleet, Surrey, England
Occupation Banker, industrialist
Spouse(s) Emma Winsloe (m. 1849–95)
Marguerite Miles (m. 1895–1906)
Children

by Emma Winsloe (1821–1895)
Pauline Emma (Posie) Tenant (1855–1888)
Charlotte Monckton (Charty) Tennant (1858–1911)
Edward Tennant (1859–1920)
Katharine Lucy (Lucy) Tennant (1860–1942)
Francis John (Frank) Tennant (1861–1942)
Octavia Laura (Laura) Mary Tennant (1862–1886)
Margot Asquith (1864–1945)
Harold John (Jack)Tennant (1865–1935)

by Marguerite Miles (1868–1943)
Margaret Tennant (1899–1994)
Jean Tennant (1900–1910) Katharine (K) Tennant(1903–1994)

Nancy Tennant (1904–1969)
Parent(s) John Tennant, Robina Arrol

Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.

Biography

Tennant was the son of John Tennant (1796–1878) and Robina Arrol. His grandfather was the chemist and industrialist Charles Tennant, at whose article many other notable members of the family are listed. He was President of the United Alkali Company and Chairman of the Union Bank of Scotland. Tennant also sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow from 1879 to 1880 and for Peebles and Selkirk from 1880 to 1886. He unsuccessfully contested Glasgow Partick in 1890. He was also a Trustee of the National Gallery and was appointed a Member of the Tariff Commission in 1904. In 1885 he was created a Baronet.

In 1852, Tennant purchased The Glen, an estate in southern Scotland, and commissioned architect David Bryce to design a new house, which was completed in 1855.[1]

Tennant died in June 1906 in Broadoaks, Byfleet, Surrey, aged 82, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Edward, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Glenconner in 1911.

Family

Tennant's first marriage was to Emma Winsloe, daughter of Richard Winsloe, in 1849. After her death in 1895 he was remarried to Marguerite Agaranthe Miles, daughter of Charles William Miles and cousin of Sir Philip Miles in 1898. His second wife was a talented amateur musician and he bought the Lady Tennant Stradivarius for her as a gift.

His son from his first marriage, Harold Tennant, became a Liberal politician, while his daughter from his first marriage, Margot, was a socialite and author and the second wife of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith. His daughters by his second marriage included Katharine Tennant, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, Nancy, Lady Crathorne and Margaret, Lady Wakehurst. His granddaughter Kathleen became the Duchess of Rutland through her marriage to John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Anderson
Charles Cameron
Alexander Whitelaw
Member of Parliament for Glasgow
1879–1880
With: George Anderson 1879–1880
Charles Cameron 1879–1880
Succeeded by
George Anderson
Charles Cameron
Robert Tweedie Middleton
Preceded by
Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery
Member of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk
1880–1886
Succeeded by
Sir Walter Thorburn
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New title Tennant Baronets
1885–1906
Succeeded by
Edward Tennant
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