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Tenison (Alphonso) Psalter
Tenison or Tennison is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Thomas Tenison (1636–1715), Archbishop of Canterbury * Renee Tenison (born 1968), American model and actress *Rosie Tenison (born 1968), American model and actress, identical twin sister of Renee Tenison *Jeni Tennison, OBE Technical Director of the Open Data Institute *Thomas Tenison, built Castle Tenison in 1820s, Keadue, Co. Roscommon, landowner, father of E.K. Tenison *Edward King-Tenison (1805–1878), lived at Kilronan Castle, Keadue, Co. Roscommon, Irish photographer, landowner *Lady Louisa Tenison, wife of E.K. Tenison, travel writer, and artist *Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (1848–1896), Irish peer and Conservative politician * Eva Tenison (1880-1961), British historian and novelist *Robin Hanbury-Tenison (born 1936), English explorer Fictional characters: *Jane Tennison, chief character in the British TV series '' Prime Suspect'' Media: *''Prime Suspect 1973 ''Prime Suspect 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tenison
Thomas Tenison (29 September 163614 December 1715) was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs. Life He was born at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, the son and grandson of Anglican clergymen, who were both named John Tenison; his mother was Mercy Dowsing. He was educated at Norwich School, going on to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, as a scholar on Archbishop Matthew Parker's foundation. He graduated in 1657, and was chosen fellow in 1659. For a short time he studied medicine, but in 1659 was privately ordained. As curate of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge from 1662, he set an example by his devoted attention to the sufferers from the plague. In 1667 he was presented to the living of Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Huntingdonshire, by the Earl of Manchester, to whose son he had been tutor, and in 1670 to that of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich. In 1680 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee Tenison
Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first African-American selected to be the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year (1990). Personal life and career Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho. She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of ''Playboy'' together. Tenison appeared as the Playmate of the Month in the November 1989 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of African American descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of ''Black Men'' magazine. In 2017 at the age of 49 Tenison duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts Kimberley Conrad, Candace Collins, Lisa Matthews, Cathy St. George, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly three decades on. Filmography Films Television See also * List of peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Tenison
Rosie Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress and model. Personal life and modeling career Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho. She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Renee, who also works as a model. Rosie and Reneé posed in the August 2002 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, together. Rosie was never a Playboy Playmate A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Play ... (whereas Renee was Playmate of the Month for November 1989 and Playmate of the Year for 1990). Filmography Film Television References External links * 1968 births African-American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Identical twin actresses People from Caldwell, Idaho Living people American twins 21st-century African-American pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeni Tennison
Jenifer Fays Alys Tennison (born 1972) is a British software engineer and consultant who co-chairs the data governance working group within the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). She also serves on the board of directors of Creative Commons, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and the information law and policy centre of the School of Advanced Study (SAS) at the University of London. She was previously Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Open Data Institute (ODI). Education Tennison was born in Cambridge, England and educated at the University of Nottingham gaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1994 and a PhD in collaborative ontology development in 1999, supervised by Nigel Shadbolt. Career Tennison has been the technical architect and lead developer for legislation.gov.uk and previously worked on the linked data aspects of data.gov.uk. Previously, she was self-employed as a consultant. Tennison has auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Data Institute
The Open Data Institute (ODI) is a non-profit private company limited by guarantee, based in the United Kingdom. Founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt in 2012, the ODI’s mission is to connect, equip and inspire people around the world to innovate with data. The ODI’s global network includes individuals, businesses, startups, franchises, collaborators and governments who help to achieve the mission. Learning The Open Data Institute provides in-house and online, free and paid-for training courses. ODI courses and learning materials cover theory and practice surrounding data publishing and use, from introductory overviews to courses for specific subject areas. ODI 'Friday lunchtime lectures' cover a different theme each week surrounding the communication and application of data, and usually feature an external speaker. ODI themes In order to bring open data’s benefits to specific areas of society and industry, the ODI focuses much of its research, publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilronan Castle
Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, from the village of Ballyfarnon. The house, originally constructed c.1820, was considerably expanded in the 1880s to form the current building. The newer part is a two storey, irregular building with a large baronial tower adjacent to the older building. It now functions as a spa hotel. History Towards the end of the 18th century the property later known as Castle Tenison, together with its surrounding estate, belonged to the Dundas family. They sold it in 1715 to Richard Tenison, of the English Tenison family, who was the son of the Bishop of Meath and MP for Dunleer. He died in 1726 and left the property to his son, William, who in 1746 was Lieutenant Colonel of the 35th Regiment of Foot and also an MP for Dunleer. William died shortly afterwards in 1728 without an heir and the estate passed to his u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward King-Tenison
Edward King Tenison (21 January 1805 – 19 June 1878) was an Irish Whig and Liberal politician and photographer. Early life and family Born in 1805 at Kilronan Castle, King Tenison was the son of Thomas Tenison and Lady Frances King. He was also the grandson of Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston, and cousin of Robert King, 6th Earl of Kingston. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge where he achieved an MA before, in 1825, joining the army and serving as an officer of the 14th Light Dragoons until 1836. Having retired from the army, he then served as a Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff for County Leitrim, County Roscommon and County Sligo, and later became a Lord Lieutenant for Roscommon and Sligo. In 1838, he married travel writer and artist Lady Louisa Anson, daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield and Louisa Catherine Philips. Together, they had two children: Louisa Frances Mary (died 1868) and Florence Margaret Christine Tenison (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Louisa Tenison
Lady Louisa Tenison (c. 1820 - 27 Aug 1882) was an English artist, traveler and author. Biography Lady Louisa Mary Anne Anson (later Tenison) was the daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield and his wife Louisa Catherine Philips, the eldest of their 8 children. She married Lt. Col Edward King-Tenison on 26 Nov 1838. They had two daughters, Louisa Frances Mary and Florence Margaret Christina. Her husband was an MP and in the 1840s became intensely interested in the emerging practice of photography. She and her husband traveled through Egypt, Palestine and Syria in 1843, which led her to create a series of drawings of sites such as Karnak, Petra and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, later published in her book ''Sketches in the East''. Several years later, she documented their tour of Spain in her work ''Castile and Andalucia'', which she wrote and also co-illustrated along with painter Egron Lundgren. She also assisted James Uwins (nephew of Thomas Uwins RA) with his dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl Of Kingston
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (31 July 1848 – 13 January 1896) was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. Born as Henry Newcomen King, he was the younger son of Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton and 6th Earl of Kingston, and Anne Gore-Booth. Robert King publicly disowned the child, but his legitimacy was confirmed at the probate court in Dublin in 1870. Educated at Rugby School in Warwickshire, he succeeded to his older brother's titles in 1871. King-Tenison served in the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. From 1887 to 1896, he was Representative Peer for Ireland in the House of Lords and from 1888 to 1896 Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon. King-Tenison died, aged 47 in Cairo. On 23 January 1872, he married Florence Margaret, the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward King-Tenison in St James's in Westminster. After his marriage his name was changed to Henry Newcomen King-Tenison by Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Tenison
Eva Mabel Tenison writing as Michael Barrington, E.M.Tenison, Nauticus and Historicus (31 May 1880 – August 1961) was a British historian and novelist. Her magnum opus was the fourteen volume '' Elizabethan England: Being the History of this Country "In Relation to All Foreign Princes"'' but she published novels, biographies and other studies of history. Life Tenison was born in Liverpool in 1880. She was the first of three children born to Elizabeth Isabel (born Ashlin) and Charles McCarthy Tenison. Her father was a barrister working in the banking area and her uncle, Alfred Tenison Collins, led the Hibernian Bank. For the first ten years of her life her and the family's name was Collins. In 1890 her father successfully gained approval to use the name and arms of Archbishop Tenison. She travelled to Australia and Tasmania and she gained her education privately. She first came to notice when she published under the nom de plume of Michael Barrington her debut novel, ''The King' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Airling Robin Hanbury-Tenison (born 7 May 1936) is an explorer based in Cornwall. He is President of the charity Survival International and was previously Chief Executive of The Countryside Alliance. Early life and education The youngest of five children born to Gerald Evan Farquhar Tenison, a Major in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and his wife Ruth Julia Margarette Hanbury of the Pontypool Park, Pontypool Park Estate, Robin grew up on the Tenison family's historic Anglo-Irish estate Lough Bawn in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Personal life In 1959, he married Marika Hanbury-Tenison, Marika Hopkinson. She became well known for her cookery books.Hanbury Tenison, M. ''Deep-Freeze Cookery''. 2nd edition. London. Pan Books, 1972, p. i. They had two children, Lucy (b. 1960) and Rupert (b. 1970). Marika died in 1982. Hanbury-Tenison and his second wife Louella (née Williams) own a 14th century farmhouse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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