Harold Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson

Harold Christopher Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson (25 March 1919 – 19 October 1991), was a British peer.

The Lord Tennyson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
6 June 1961 – 19 October 1991
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byLionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson
Succeeded byMark Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson
Personal details
Born
Hon. Harold Christopher Tennyson

(1919-03-25)25 March 1919
Died19 October 1991(1991-10-19) (aged 72)
Parents
Alma materEton College
Trinity College, Cambridge

He was the eldest son of Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson and Hon. Clare Tennant, his first marriage and her second. Harold was the great-grandson of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson and succeeded his father to the title in 1951.

He studied at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge before joining the War Office in 1940. In later life he was co-founder with Sir Charles Tennyson of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln.

He died unmarried in 1991, the title passing to his brother Mark.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Tennyson
1951–1991
Succeeded by