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25 de abr. de 2016 · The Hon. Edward Wyndham Tennant was born on 1st July 1897 in Stockton House, near Warminster in Wiltshire, UK. His parents were Edward Priaulx Tennant, a Scottish Liberal politician who became Lord Glenconner in 1911, and his wife Pamela Adelaide Genevieve, nee Wyndham, a writer.
Edward Wyndham Tennant (1. července 1897, Wiltshire, Anglie – 22. září 1916, Amiens, Francie) byl anglický básník zabitý v bitvě na Sommě. Životopis [ editovat | editovat zdroj ] Byl synem Edwarda Tennanta , který se stal Lordem Glenconnerem v roce 1911, a spisovatelky Pamely Wyndhamové , provdané lady Glenconner, pozdější manželky Edwarda Graye, 1.
Born at Stockton House, in Wiltshire, Tennant spent four years at West Downs where he was a keen cricketer, playing in the school's 2nd XI in 1909 and 1st XI in 1910, and he also shot for the school. He also edited and wrote poetry for the school magazine. He came to Winchester Colllege in September 1911 and was in F House, Hawkins'.
Lt. Edward Wyndham Tennant (1 July 1897 – 22 September 1916) was an English war poet, killed at the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of Edward Tennant, who became Lord Glenconner in 1911, and Pamela Wyndham, a writer, Lady Glenconner and later wife of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. His younger brothers were the eccentric ...
Upon a mossy mound, And so thick were the blossoms set and so divine the scent, That we were well content. Hungry for Spring I bent my head, The perfume fanned my face, And all my soul was dancing. In that lovely little place, Dancing with a measured step from wrecked and shattered towns. Away… upon the Downs.
The poet Edward Wyndham Tennant was killed in on the 22nd September 1916 whilsy serving with the Grenadier Guards. His portrait and the quotation below are published on the Winchester College Roll of Honour. “Tennant wrote home describing the experience [of the battle of Flers-Courcellette on the 15th September 1916], how difficult he found ...
Hon. Edward Wyndham Tennant (1897–1916), a war poet; Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner (1899–1983), second and eldest surviving son and heir. His son was Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, who developed the Caribbean island of Mustique; his daughter was the writer Emma Tennant; Hon. David Pax Tennant (1902–1968), founder of ...
