Edward Tennant

Background

He was the son of Edward Tennant, who became Lord Glenconner in 1911, and Pamela Wyndham, a writer, Lady Glenconner and later wife of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon.

Education

West Downs School; Winchester College.

Career

He was educated at Winchester College, which he left aged 17. He joined the Grenadier Guards. He was known to friends and family as Bim.

lieutenant is unknown where this nickname derives from.

lieutenant has been suggested that he was engaged at one point to Nancy Cunard. That this is untrue has been confirmed by two reliable sources: Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, who responded to this question by letter, and Lois Gordon, Nancy Cunard"s biographer, who, in her extensive research, never came across any hint of such an alliance.

Achievements

• His younger brothers were the eccentric, Stephen Tennant, and David Tennant, the founder of the Gargoyle Club.

Connections

Friend:

Raymond Asquith