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Charles Tennant (politician)

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Tennant was born in Bloomsbury, London. He was the second son of George Tennant (1765–1832), of 62, Russell Square, London, also of Rhydings and of Cadoxton Lodge, Glamorganshire, attorney (in practice at 2, Gray's Inn Square, in partnership with Thomas Green) and landowner, builder of the
105:, in which he purposed to 'exhibit, in a concise form, a view of the Divine purpose in the creation of Man'; it was however not in the least concise, running to 4,026 lines. Between 1856 and 1869 he wrote and published numerous works, covering such disparate subjects as decimal coinage, 40:; and then studied law. He was articled to his father in 1812, and admitted as a partner with him and Richard Harrison in 1821. His subsequent travels in Europe led to the writing of two volumes of memoirs of this trip, which were published in 1824. 352: 112:
He spent his final years living at 2, Richmond Terrace, London, having retired from his legal practice in 1866; on his death his only son, Charles, inherited Cadoxton.
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in Glamorganshire, by his wife Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Beetson. He was educated at
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Burke's Landed Gentry 9th ed., Ashworth P. Burke, 1898, p. 1450, 'Tennant of Cadoxton' pedigree
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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The Bank of England and the Organization of Credit in England
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David Waller (2004). "Charles Tennant (1796–1873)".
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Index

Bloomsbury
Neath and Tennant Canal
Harrow School
St Albans
Reform Act 1832
National Colonisation Society
British colonies
Gertrude Barbara Rich Collier
Winifred Coombe Tennant
Dorothy
Henry Morton Stanley
Eveleen
Frederic William Henry Myers
Bank Charter Act 1844
Utilitarianism
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Christopher Smith
John Easthope
Member of Parliament
St Albans
James Grimston
Sir Francis Vincent
Richard Godson




"TENNANT, Charles (1796-1873), of 62 Russell Square and 2 Gray's Inn Square, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online"
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