Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
(1852-1928), Governor General of Australia and biographerSitter in 12 portraits
The elder son of Alfred Tennyson. From 1874, he devoted his life to his family, acting as private secretary to his father and accompanying him on his travels. In 1883 he became a councillor of the Imperial Federation League, a lobby group set up to promote imperialist ideas. It was this connection, as well as the Tennyson name, that led the Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, to offer Tennyson the position of Governor of South Australia in 1899. When the Australian Governor-General resigned in 1902, Tennyson was promoted into the post despite his lack of political experience. Tennyson produced two memoirs about his father, and edited and published nine volumes of his father's poetry.
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 28 September 1857
NPG P40
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1865
NPG P285
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x12994
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (circa 1890)
NPG Ax29136
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1896
NPG x127659
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1896
NPG x96640
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1920
NPG x67227
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
albumen print, 1890
NPG x7955
Related People
- Mary Emily ('May') Prinsep (wife)
- Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (father)
- Emily Sarah (née Sellwood), Lady Tennyson (mother)
- Audrey Georgiana Florence (née Boyle), Lady Tennyson (wife)
- Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (son)
- Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson (grandson)
- Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (nephew)
- Hon. Lionel Tennyson (brother)
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