Robert James Tennent
Robert James Tennent | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Belfast | |
| In office 9 August 1847 – 13 July 1852 Serving with John Chichester | |
| Preceded by | John Chichester David Robert Ross |
| Succeeded by | Richard Davison Hugh Cairns |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1803 |
| Died | (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Whig |
Robert James Tennent (1803 – 25 May 1880)[1] was an Irish Whig politician.[2][3]
Born in Belfast and the son of Robert Tennent Tennent and Eliza née Macrone, Tennent was admitted to Trinity College Dublin in July 1820, before volunteering in the Greek War of Independence in 1824. He was then admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1826, and called to the Irish Bar in 1833, when he was also then admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1834, he was called to the English Bar.[4]
Tennent married Eliza, daughter of John McCracken in 1830, and they had at least one child: Robert Tennent, born in 1854.[4]
Tennent was elected as a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast at the 1847 general election and held the seat until 1852, when he was defeated.[5]
References
- ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Irish Members Returned". Tipperary Vindicator. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Robert James TENNENT". A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 253–254. ISBN 0901714127.
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