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     Hon. Lionel Tennyson was born on 16 March 1854.² He was the son of Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Emily Sarah Sellwood.¹ He married Eleanor Bertha Mary Locker, daughter of Frederick Locker-Lampson and Lady Charlotte Christian Bruce, on 25 February 1878.² He died on 20 April 1886 at age 32 at Aden, on board the Chusan.^1,3

     Eleanor Bertha Mary Locker was born in 1854.² She was the daughter of Frederick Locker-Lampson and Lady Charlotte Christian Bruce.¹ She married, firstly, Hon. Lionel Tennyson, son of Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Emily Sarah Sellwood, on 25 February 1878.³ She married, secondly, Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, son of Reverend Charles Mitchell Birrell and Harriet Jane Grey, on 5 May 1888 at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, London, England.² She died on 10 March 1915.¹
     From 25 February 1878, her married name became Tennyson.¹ From 5 May 1888, her married name became Birrell.²

     Lady Charlotte Christian Bruce was the daughter of General Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Kincardine and Elizabeth Oswald.^1,2 She married Frederick Locker-Lampson, son of Edward Hawke Locker and Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Boucher, on 2 July 1850.¹ She died on 26 April 1872.²
     From 2 July 1850, her married name became Locker.¹

     Frederick Locker-Lampson was born on 29 May 1821.² He was the son of Edward Hawke Locker and Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Boucher.^3,2 He was baptised on 8 October 1821 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, London, England.² He married, firstly, Lady Charlotte Christian Bruce, daughter of General Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Kincardine and Elizabeth Oswald, on 2 July 1850.¹ He married, secondly, Hannah Jane Lampson, daughter of Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Bt. and Jane Walter Sibley, on 6 July 1874.³ He died on 30 May 1895 at age 74.³
     He was appointed King's Counsel (K.C.)³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)³ He was also known as Frederick Locker.¹ On 12 March 1885 his name was legally changed to Frederick Locker-Lampson under the terms of the will of his father-in-law, Sir Curtis Lampson.²

     Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson was born on 20 November 1878.¹ He was the son of Hon. Lionel Tennyson and Eleanor Bertha Mary Locker.¹ He married Hon. Margaret Cicely Drummond, daughter of James David Drummond, 8th Viscount Strathallan and Margaret Smythe, on 17 December 1912.² He died on 28 February 1952 at age 73.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Yeomanry.¹ He was Inspector of the Irish Local Government Board.²

     Hon. Margaret Cicely Drummond was born on 13 February 1880.² She was the daughter of James David Drummond, 8th Viscount Strathallan and Margaret Smythe.^1,2 She married Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson, son of Hon. Lionel Tennyson and Eleanor Bertha Mary Locker, on 17 December 1912.² She died on 9 June 1963 at age 83.¹
     From 17 December 1912, her married name became Tennyson.¹

     James Alfred Tennyson was born on 26 November 1913.² He was the son of Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson and Hon. Margaret Cicely Drummond.¹ He married Beatrice Aventon Young, daughter of Alexander Tolhurst Young, on 11 December 1954.¹ He died on 24 October 2001 at age 87.²
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)² He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.¹ He was Specialist in Navigation, on loan to Royal New Zealand Navy between 1953 and 1956.² He was Assistant Queen's Harbour Master to Sheerness Dockyard between 1957 and 1959.¹ He was with the New Zealand Government Service between 1959 and 1974.¹

     Beatrice Aventon Young was born on 5 March 1927.² She was the daughter of Alexander Tolhurst Young.¹ She married James Alfred Tennyson, son of Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson and Hon. Margaret Cicely Drummond, on 11 December 1954.¹ She died on 26 April 2020 at age 93 at Waikanae, New Zealand.²
     She graduated from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand^G, in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)³ From 11 December 1954, her married name became Tennyson.¹

     Alexander Tolhurst Young was a practising barrister and solicitor.² He lived at Wellington, New Zealand.²

     David Harold Alexander Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson of Aldworth was born on 4 June 1960.¹ He is the son of James Alfred Tennyson and Beatrice Aventon Young.¹
     He was educated at Scots College, Wellington, New Zealand^G.² He graduated from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand^G, with a Master of Engineering (M.E.)¹ He lived in 2003 at F3/165 Clarence Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.² He succeeded as the 6th Baron Tennyson of Aldworth, co. Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight [U.K., 1884] on 5 July 2006.³