Baron Glenconner

Baron Glenconner, of The Glen in the County of Peebles,[2] 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. Lord Glenconner was succeeded by his second son, the second baron. The latter was succeeded in 1983 by his eldest son, the third baron, who bought the island of Mustique. As of 2014, the titles are held by the third baron's grandson, the fourth baron, who became the next-to-youngest peer in the realm when he succeeded in August 2010.

Arms of Tennant: Argent, two crescents in fess sable on a chief gules a boar's head couped of the first[1]
The industrialist Charles Tennant, ancestor of the Barons Glenconner

The Tennant Baronetcy, of The Glen and St Rollox,[3] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1885 for Charles Tennant, a businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament. He was the grandson of the chemist and industrialist Charles Tennant. Tennant was succeeded by his fourth son, the aforementioned second baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1911.

The seat of the baronetcy is Glen House, near Peebles, under the hill named Minchmuir.[4]

Tennant baronets, of The Glen and St Rollox (1885)

Barons Glenconner (1911)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, Euan Lovell Tennant (born 1980), the son of Henry and Teresa Tennant (known as Tessa Tennant).[6][8]

Other notable family members

Several other members of the Tennant family have also gained distinction:

Notes
  1. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.488, Baron Glenconner
  2. London Gazette no. 28482. p. 2698
  3. London Gazette no. 24590. p. 3239
  4. Edinburgh and its Environs: Ward Lock Travel Guide 1939
  5. Willis, Tim (23 February 2011). "The final days of London bohemian Henry Tennant". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. Raven, Hugh (2 August 2018). "Tessa Tennant obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. Obituary: Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, telegraph.co.uk, 29 August 2010
  8. "Glenconner, Baron (UK, 1911)" Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, cracroftspeerage.co.uk

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

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