Thursday, 2 November 2017
1721 Edward Tennant
Constituency : Salisbury 1906-10
Edward took Salisbury from the Tories by 41 votes.
Edward was the son and heir of Sir Charles Tennant, the former Glasgow MP and therefore Edward was the brother-in-law of Asquith. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Edward travelled the world as a young man and then acted as Assistant Private Secretary to George Trevelyan as Scottish Secretary in 1892-5. He stood for Partick in 1892 and Peebles and Selkirk in 1900. He headed the family's great chemical works and had interests in banking and gold mining. He was a philanthropist.
Edward succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1906. In 1907 he bought The Academy, a literary journal. His wife installed her friend Alfred Douglas , Oscar Wilde's nemesis, as editor.
Edward was an early advocate of conscription.
Edward was not comfortable with party politics and made little contribution in either House.
Edward was defeated in January 1910.
In 1911 Edward became Baron Glenconner. He also became Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
He died following an operation in 1920 aged 61.
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