Mark Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson

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Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson, DSC (March 28, 1920July 3, 2006) was the second son of Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson and the Hon. Clarissa Madeline Georgiana Felicite Tennant.

He served in the Royal Navy from 1937 to 1960, rising to the rank of commander, and saw action during World War II. He was mentioned in despatches in 1945. He was subsequently an executive of Rowntree Mackintosh and Joseph Terry & Sons. In 1964, he married Deline Celeste Budler (d. 1995). The two had no children.

The great-grandson of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, he succeeded his brother as 5th Baron Tennyson in 1991.

Preceded by:
Harold Tennyson
Baron Tennyson
1991–2006
Succeeded by:
David Tennyson