TENNYON

[ Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Whig politician, Alfred Lord Tennyson's unpleasant uncle. ] Note in the third person to the editor of The Globe newspaper. With cutting of his obituary from The Times.

Author: 
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt [ born Charles Tennyson ] (1784-1861), Whig Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1831-1832 and for Lambeth, 1832-1852; uncle of Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson
Publication details: 
Note without place or date. Cutting from The Times, London, 23 July 1861.
£30.00

The note is 1p., 16mo, on a bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with small strip of staining from mount along fore-edge. It reads 'Mr d'Eyncourt will be extremely obliged to the Editor of the Globe to insert the enclosed. | Friday 8 ' Attached at the head of the page is the cutting from The Times ('Death of Mr. Tennyson d'Eyncourt'), with manuscript date.

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