Paternal Family Tree: Prinsep
In 1837 [her father] Charles Robert Prinsep [aged 47] and [her mother] Louisa Anne White [aged 18] were married in Calcutta, India. They had three sons and three daughters, The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 16th September 1853 May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson was born to Charles Robert Prinsep [aged 64] and Louisa Anne White [aged 34].
On 29th January 1855 [her mother] Louisa Anne White [aged 36] died at Calcutta, India from childbirth.
On 8th June 1864 [her father] Charles Robert Prinsep [aged 75] died.
Around 1865. Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle [aged 49]. Photograph of May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 11].
1867. George Frederick Watts [aged 49]. Portrait of May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 13].
On 25th June 1884 [her future husband] Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson [aged 31] and Audrey Georgiana Florence Boyle Baroness Tennyson were married.
1885. Frederick Leighton 1st Baron Leighton [aged 54]. Portrait of May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 31].
On 6th October 1892 Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson [aged 83] died. His son [her future husband] Hallam [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. Audrey Georgiana Florence Boyle Baroness Tennyson by marriage Baroness Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.
On 27th July 1918 Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson [aged 65] and May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 64] were married. She by marriage Baroness Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.
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On 2nd December 1928 [her husband] Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson [aged 76] died. His son [her step-son] Lionel [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Baron Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. Clarissa Madeline Tennant Baroness Tennyson [aged 32] by marriage Baroness Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.
On 19th July 1931 May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 77] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend John Prinsep
Grandfather: John Prinsep
father: Charles Robert Prinsep
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Auriol
Grandmother: Sophie Elizabeth Auriol
mother: Louisa Anne White