Mark Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Tennyson
Honorific Suffix:DSC
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start:19 October 1991
Term End:11 November 1999
Hereditary Peerage
Predecessor:Harold Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson
Successor:Seat abolished pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999
Birth Date:28 March 1920
Parents:
Birth Name:Hon. Mark Aubrey Tennyson

Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson (28 March 1920 – 3 July 2006) was a British peer. He was the second son of Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson and Hon. Clare Tennant. The great-grandson of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, he succeeded his brother to the title in 1991.[1]

Tennyson served in the Royal Navy from 1937 to 1960, rising to the rank of commander, and saw action during World War II. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1945 in recognition of his military service during the war. He was subsequently an executive of Rowntree Mackintosh and Joseph Terry & Sons. In 1964, he married Deline Celeste Budler (d. 1995). The two had no children.[1]

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  1. News: Lord Tennyson . Don . Cartner . 25 August 2006 . The Guardian . 19 April 2018.