Baron Glenconner, of The Glen in the County of Peebles, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1911 for Sir Edward Tennant, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented

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in the

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as a

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and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. Lord Glenconner was succeeded by his second son, the second baron. The latter was succeeded in 1983 by his eldest son, the third baron, who bought the island of

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. , the titles are held by the third baron's grandson, the fourth baron, who became the next-to-youngest peer in the realm when he succeeded in August 2010. The Tennant baronetcy, of The Glen and St Rollox, was created in the

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in 1885 for

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, a businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament. He was the grandson of the chemist and industrialist

. Tennant was succeeded by his fourth son, the aforementioned second baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1911. The seat of the baronetcy is Glen House, near Peebles, under the hill named Minchmuir.

Tennant baronets, of The Glen and St Rollox (1885)

* Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet (1823–1906) * Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, 2nd Baronet (1859–1920) (created Baron Glenconner in 1911)

Barons Glenconner (1911)

* Edward Priaulx Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner (1859–1920) **Hon. Edward Wyndham Tennant (1897–1916), eldest son of the 1st Baron, killed in action in World War I, without issue. *

Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner (14 June 1899 – 4 October 1983), of The Glen, Scottish Borders, was a British peer, businessman and Royal Navy officer. He was the second son of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner, a Liberal ...

(1899–1983), second son of the 1st Baron. * Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (1926–2010), eldest son of the 2nd Baron. **Hon. Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant (1957–1996), eldest son of the 3rd Baron. * Cody Charles Edward Tennant, 4th Baron Glenconner (born 1994), grandson of the 3rd Baron through the Hon. Charles Tennant. The

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is the present holder's first cousin, Euan Lovell Tennant (born 1983), the son of the Hon. Henry Lovell Tennant (1960–1990), second son of the 3rd Baron, and Teresa "Tessa" Tennant (née Cormack; 1959–2018)."Glenconner, Baron (UK, 1911)"
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Title succession chart

Other notable family members

Several other members of the Tennant family have also gained distinction: *The Liberal politician

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was a younger son of the first Baronet. *

Margot Asquith Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (' Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his ...

(née Tennant), wife of Prime Minister

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, was the daughter of the first Baronet from his first marriage. *The civil servant and politician

Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE (née Tennant; 15 January 1903 – 3 January 1994) was a British public servant and politician. Early life Born Katharine Tennant in 1903, ...

(née Tennant), was the daughter of the first Baronet from his second marriage. *The war poet Edward Tennant was the eldest son of the first Baron. *The Hon. Stephen Tennant and the Hon.

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were younger sons of the first Baron. *The author

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was the daughter of the second Baron. *The model

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was the daughter of the Hon. Tobias William Tennant, younger son of the second Baron, by Lady Emma Tennant (née Cavendish), daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire (not to be confused with the author

mentioned above). * Anne Tennant, Dowager Baroness Glenconner (née Coke), is the widow of the third Baron, who served as a

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and is an author of several memoirs.

References

Book sources

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenconner Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1911 Peerages created for UK MPs Glenconner