MS 774 03
Reference code
MS 774 03
Title
Hallam Tennyson family papers: Photographs of and by Lionel Tennyson and of Audrey Tennyson
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Lionel Tennyson was the son of Hallam Tennyson and the grandson of Alfred Tennyson, poet. He survived WW1 and is principally known as a cricketer who captained England. He often travelled to South Africa, the West Indies etc for test matches.
Date
Early 20th century
Extent & medium
16 photographs
Content description
1) Fourteen photographs of or taken by Lionel Tennyson. There are eleven photographs of Mossel Bay, South Africa, with annotations on versos. The scenes include plucking ostriches, "native women" outside their huts and the war memorial in the town hall. There are also three photographs of Lionel Tennyson at different ages: in his military uniform, as a young man and as a middle aged man standing on a high ridge. These aren't annotated.
2) Two photographs of Audrey Tennyson.
2) Two photographs of Audrey Tennyson.
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