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Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt

1823 - 1906

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Scottish businessman, industrialist and politician.

National Gallery Trustee (1894–1906).

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

Bibliography

R. Davenport-Hines, 'Tennant, Sir Charles, first baronet', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36455
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O. Garnett, 'Tennant, Sir Charles', in J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T083803
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History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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