Robert James Tennent

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Robert James Tennent
Member of Parliament
for Belfast
In office
9 August 1847 – 13 July 1852
Serving with John Chichester
Preceded byJohn Chichester
David Robert Ross
Succeeded byRichard Davison
Hugh Cairns
Personal details
Born1803
Died (aged 76)
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig

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[]

  1. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Irish Members Returned". Tipperary Vindicator. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Robert James TENNENT". A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ^ 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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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Belfast
1847–1852
With: John Chichester 		Succeeded by


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