Paternal Family Tree: Tennant
Before 4th November 1823 [his father] John Tennant of St Rollox [aged 27] and [his mother] Robina Arrol were married.
On 4th November 1823 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet was born to John Tennant of St Rollox [aged 27] and Robina Arrol.
In 1849 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 28] were married.
In 1855 [his daughter] Pauline Emma "Posie" Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 34].
In 1858 [his daughter] Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 37]. She married 7th April 1877 Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale, son of Thomas Lister 3rd Baron Ribblesdale, and had issue.
On 31st May 1859 [his son] Edward Tennant 1st Baron Glenconner was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 38]. He married 1895 Pamela Wyndham Viscountess Grey and had issue.
In 1860 [his daughter] Katharine Lucy Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 36] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 39]. She married 30th April 1879 Thomas Graham Smith.
On 20th October 1861 [his son] Francis John "Frank" Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 37] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 40]. He married 3rd June 1886 Annie Geraldine Redmayne and had issue.
In 1862 [his daughter] Octavia Laura Mary Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 41]. She married 1885 Arthur Lyttelton, son of George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton and Mary Glynne Lady Lyttelton.
On 2nd February 1864 [his daughter] Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 43]. She married 10th May 1894 Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and had issue.
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In 1865 [his son] Harold John "Jack" Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 41] and [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 44].
On 7th April 1877 [his son-in-law] Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale [aged 22] and [his daughter] Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant [aged 19] were married at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].
In 1878 [his father] John Tennant of St Rollox [aged 82] died.
In 1879 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 55] was elected MP Glasgow which seat he held until 1880.
On 30th April 1879 [his son-in-law] Thomas Graham Smith and [his daughter] Katharine Lucy Tennant [aged 19] were married.
In 1880 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 56] was appointed Honourary Colonel of the 4th (Glasgow, 1st Northern) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.
In 1880 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 56] was elected MP Peebles and Selkirk which seat he held until 1886.
In 1885 [his son-in-law] Arthur Lyttelton [aged 27] and [his daughter] Octavia Laura Mary Tennant [aged 23] were married. The couple lived at 4 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair.
In 1885 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Tennant of The Glen and St Rollox. [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 64] by marriage Lady Tennant of The Glen and St Rollox.
In 1886 [his daughter] Octavia Laura Mary Tennant [aged 24] died from childbirth.
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On 3rd June 1886 [his son] Francis John "Frank" Tennant [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Annie Geraldine Redmayne [aged 22] were married.
In 1888 [his daughter] Pauline Emma "Posie" Tennant [aged 33] died.
1889. John Lavery [aged 32]. Portrait of Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 65].
On 10th May 1894 [his son-in-law] Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith [aged 41] and [his daughter] Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant [aged 30] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1895 [his wife] Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant [aged 74] died.
In 1895 [his son] Edward Tennant 1st Baron Glenconner [aged 35] and [his daughter-in-law] Pamela Wyndham Viscountess Grey [aged 23] were married.
In 1898 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 74] and Marguerite Agaranthe Miles [aged 30] were married. The difference in their ages was 44 years.
In 1899 [his daughter] Margaret Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 75] and [his wife] Marguerite Agaranthe Miles [aged 31]. She married 3rd June 1920 John Loder 2nd Baron Wakehurst.
In 1900 [his daughter] Jean Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 76] and [his wife] Marguerite Agaranthe Miles [aged 32]. She died aged ten in 1910.
On 15th January 1903 [his daughter] Katharine Tennant Baroness Elliot of Harwood was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 79] and [his wife] Marguerite Agaranthe Miles [aged 35].
In 1904 [his daughter] Nancy Tennant was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 80] and [his wife] Marguerite Agaranthe Miles [aged 36].
On 4th June 1906 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet [aged 82] died. His son Edward [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Baronet Tennant of The Glen and St Rollox.
Grandfather: Charles Tennant 
father: John Tennant of St Rollox
mother: Robina Arrol