Family background of alfred lord tennyson

Alfred"1st Baron Tennyson"Tennyson

Ancestors

Son of George Clayton Tennyson LLD and Elizabeth (Fytch) Tennyson

Brother of George Tennyson, Frederick Tennyson, Charles (Tennyson) Turner, Mary (Tennyson) Ker, Edward Tennyson, Arthur Tennyson, Septimus Tennyson, Emily Tennyson, Cecilia (Tennyson) Lushington, Horatio Tennyson and Matilida Tennyson

Descendants

Father of Hallam Tennyson and Lionel Tennyson

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Biography

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Alfred Tennyson

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Who Was Alfred Tennyson?

Born in England in , Alfred, Lord Tennyson began writing poetry as a boy. He was first published in , but it was not until the s that his work received regular public acclaim. His "In Memoriam" (), which contains the line "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," cemented his reputation. Tennyson was Queen Victoria's poet laureate from until his death in

Early Years and Family

Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England on August 6, He would be one of his family's 11 surviving children (his parents' firstborn died in infancy). Tennyson grew up with two older brothers, kvartet younger brothers and four younger sisters.

Tennyson's father was a church rector who earned a decent income, but the size of the family meant expenses had to be closely watched. Therefore, Tennyson only attended Louth Grammar School (where he was bullied) for a few years. The rest of his pre-university e

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was born in the village of Somersby in Lincolnshire to George Tennyson, a rector, and his wife Elizabeth on 6 August , the third of their eleven surviving children.

Arguably one of the most famous English poets with a career lasting 62 years he not only became Lord Alfred 1st Baron Tennyson and succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in , but was also a source of great comfort to Queen Victoria, following the death of Prince Albert in Indeed the Queen was quoted as saying that “Next to the Bible In Memoriam A.H.H (one of Tennyson’s most popular works) is my comfort”.

George Tennyson was both a scholar and poet himself, and provided Alfred with a sound knowledge of Latin and Greek, which was to provide the mythological influence for Alfred’s own attempts at poetry as a ung boy and again in later life in poems such as Ulysses, the Greek Hero’s dramatic monologue. Having been disinherited bygd his own parents, George suffered from chron