Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson

Lord Tennyson

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson GCMG PC (11 August 1852 – 2 December 1928) was a British aristocrat. He served as the second Governor-General of Australia from January 1903 to January 1904. Before this, he served as the Governor of South Australia from April 1899 to July 1902.

Tennyson was born in Twickenham, Surrey. His parents were Emily (née Sellwood) and Alfred Tennyson. He was twice married, and had three sons (two of which died during World War I). He died at Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, at the age 76.

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  Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and his sons Hallam (left) and Lionel.

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  Tennyson in his viceregal uniform

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  Lord Tennyson (1908, Briton Rivière)

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  Heraldic achievements of Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson. Partially coloured.*Blazon:*Escutcheon: Gules, a bend nebuly or, thereon a chaplet vert, between three leopard's heads jessant-de-lys of the second.*Crest: A dexter arm in armour, the hand in a gauntlet or, grasping a broken tilting spear enfiled with a garland of laurel.*Supporters: Two leopards rampant guardant gules, semée de lys and ducally crowned or. Motto: Respiciens Prospiciens (Look backward and forward)