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Glenconner, Baron (UK, 1911)

Creation: let. pat. 3 Apr 1911

Family name: Tennant

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Arms:

Argent two Crescents in fess Sable on a Chief Gules a Boar's Head couped of the first a Bordure company of the second and first

Crest:

A Mast with a Sail hoisted proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Stag proper gorged with a Mural Crown Or;  Sinister:  a Tiger also proper

Motto:

Deus Dabit Vela (God will fill the sails)

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Edward Priaulx [Tennant], 1st Baron Glenconner

4th son of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt., of The Glen, co. Peebles, by his first wife Emma Winsloe, dau. of Richard Winsloe, of Mount Nebo, Taunton, co. Somerset

born

31 May 1859

mar.

11 Jul 1895 Pamela Genevieve Adelaide Wyndham (mar. (2) 4 Jun 1922 Edward [Grey], 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon;  d. 18 Nov 1928), 3rd dau. of Capt Hon Percy Scawen Wyndham MP, of Clouds, Wiltshire (2nd son of George [Wyndham], 1st Baron Leconfield), by his wife Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell, 5th dau. of Maj Gen Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Bt. CB, by his second wife Pamela FitzGerald, 1st dau. of Lord Edward FitzGerald (by his wife Stephanie Caroline Anne Symes, the actress "Pamela"), 5th son of James [FitzGerald], 1st Duke of Leinster

died

21 Nov 1920

created

3 Apr 1911 Baron Glenconner, of Glen in the County of Peebles

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 1906 as 2nd Baronet of The Glen; Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly for the Church of Scotland 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914

Christopher Grey [Tennant], 2nd Baron Glenconner

born

14 Jun 1899

mar. (1)

25 Sep 1925 (div. 1935) Pamela Winifred Paget (d. 1989), 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Bt., by his first wife Lady Muriel Evelyn  Vernon Finch-Hatton CBE, only dau. of Murray Edward Gordon [Finch-Hatton], 12th Earl of Winchilsea

mar. (2)

25 Mar 1935 Elizabeth Powell, 1st dau. of Lt Col Evelyn George Harcourt Powell, of Hillgate Place, London W8

died

4 Oct 1983

suc. by

son by first wife

Colin Christopher Paget [Tennant], 3rd Baron Glenconner

born

1 Dec 1926

mar.

21 Apr 1956 Lady Anne Veronica Coke LVO, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas William Edward [Coke], 5th Earl of Leicester, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Mary Yorke DCVO, only child by his first wife of Charles Alexander [Yorke], 8th Earl of Hardwicke

children

1. Hon Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant (b. 15 Feb 1957; dvp. 19 Oct 1996), mar. 1983 as her second husband Sheilagh Scott, dau. of Matthew Raymond Scott, of Peebles, and had issue:

1a. Cody Charles Edward Tennant, later 4th Baron Glenconner

2. Hon Henry Lovell Tennant (b. 21 Feb 1960; dvp. 1990), mar. 5 Jan 1983 Teresa Mary Cormack (b. 29 May 1959), 3rd dau. of John McRae Cormack AFC, of Fethom View, Glen Estate, by his wife Hon Gwendoline Rita Jean Davies, 2nd dau. by his second wife of David [Davies], 1st Baron Davies, and had issue:

1a. Euan Lovell Tennant, heir presumptive to the Barony of Glenconner (b. 22 Jul 1980)

3. Hon Christopher Cary Tennant (b. 25 Apr 1968), mar. 14 Jun 1996 Anastasia Papadakos, only child of Dimitrios Papadakos, of Athens, Greece, and has issue

1. Hon (Flora) Mary Pamela Tennant (b. 8 Nov 1970), mar. 16 Apr 2005 Anton R N Creasy, son of Karl Creasy, of Nornea, co. Cambridge

2. Hon Amy Jasmine Elizabeth Tennant (b. 8 Nov 1970)

died

27 Aug 2010

suc. by

grandson

Cody Charles Edward [Tennant], 4th Baron Glenconner

born

2 Feb 1994

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Glenconner is Euan Lovell Tennant, a grandson of the 3rd Baron Glenconner and first cousin of the present Baron.

 Last updated 23 Dec 2010

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Titles:

4th Baron Glenconner, of Glen in the County of Peebles

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 3 Apr 1911)

5th Baronet, styled "of The Glen"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jul 1885)

Address:

Beau Estate, PO Box 250, Soufriere, St Lucia, West Indies

Tel:  0101 809 459 7864

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