Baron Glenconner

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Baron Glenconner, of The Glen in the County of Peebles, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for Sir Edward Tennant, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Salisbury in the House of Commons as a Liberal and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. His eldest son was the war poet Edward Wyndham Tennant while his fourth son was Stephen Tennant. Lord Glenconner was succeeded by his second son, the second Baron. He was the father of the author Emma Tennant. As of 2007 the titles are held by the second Baron's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1983. The Tennant Baronetcy, of The Glen and St Rolux, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1885 for Charles Tennant, a businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament and the grandson of the chemist and industrialist Charles Tennant. His younger son was the Liberal politician Harold Tennant while his daughter was Margot Tennant, wife of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Tennant was succeeded by fourth son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1911.

The civil servant and politician Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, was the daughter of the first Baronet from his second marriage.

[edit] Tennant Baronets, of The Glen and St Rolux (1885)

[edit] Barons Glenconner (1911)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's grandson Hon. Cody Charles Edward Tennant (b. 2 February 1994). He is the son of Hon. Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant (1957-1996), eldest son of the third Baron.

[edit] References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page