May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson 1853-1931

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 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 19th July 1931 May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson [aged 77] died.

Ancestors of May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson 1853-1931

Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend John Prinsep

Grandfather: John Prinsep

father: Charles Robert Prinsep

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Auriol

Grandmother: Sophie Elizabeth Auriol

May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson

mother: Louisa Anne White