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Tennyson, Alfred, 1809-1892 (1st Baron Tennyson, poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1809 - 1892

Biography

Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), poet, was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, on 6 August 1809, son of the Revd Dr George Clayton Tennyson, rector of Somersby. He was educated mainly by his father, before entering Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1828. His many published poetic works include The princess (1847). He was made poet laureate in 1850. Lord Tennyson died on 6 October 1892, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: MS of 2nd and 3rd stanzas of 'Hands all round, a national song', 1882 (Circa, undated)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/177-178
Scope and Contents

Includes published score of 'Hands all round', music arranged by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, with Tennyson's MS annotations, including 'the original melody by Lady Tennyson'. The poem was published in amended form in 'Tiresias and other poems', 1885.

Dates: 1882 (Circa, undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Correspondence from Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson [both in hand of Hallam Tennyson], 16 July 1885-29 Dec. 1889

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/1/58-59
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates: 16 July 1885-29 Dec. 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Letter from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to John Willis Clark, 9 Nov. 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/107
Scope and Contents

Declines an invitation to 'Eumenides'

Dates: 9 Nov. 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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