Robert Tennant
Robert Tennant (1828 – 5 March 1900) was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament from 1874 to 1880.
Biography
Tennant was born in 1828, the youngest son of John Tennant Stansfield, who assumed the surname Tennant. He was educated at the Leeds Grammar School for the legal profession, but chose a career in business, and became a junior partner in a firm of flax spinners in Leeds. For many years he was closely identified with the commercial and industrial life of West Riding of Yorkshire, and he owned extensive estates. He was chairman of several coal and iron companies, and Director of the Great Northern Railway.[1]
In politics, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Leeds in the 1874 general election, but served only one term as they adopted the former (and future) Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone as their candidate in 1880. Tennant was unsuccessful when he tried to contest Peterborough that year.
He died at Roffey, Sussex in his 72nd year, on 5 March 1900.[1]
Family
Tennant married, in 1850, Harriete Garnett, daughter of Jeremiah Garnett, of Mount Broughton. She died in 1899.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Tennant
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Meek Carter Edward Baines (junior) |
Member of Parliament for Leeds 1874–1880 With: Robert Meek Carter 1874–1876 John Barran 1876–1880 |
Succeeded by William Ewart Gladstone John Barran |