Sir James Emerson Tennent, first baronet

(1804-1876)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869 NRA: Tennent Sir James Emerson (1804-1869) Knight Traveller Politician and Author DNB: Tennent, Sir James Emerson, first baronet (1804-1869), traveller and politician LBT ID: JaTenne1876 VIAF ID: 76345468 LOC ID: n88067952	B/BAP: 1804-04-07 DIED: 1876-11-16
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Originally Emerson; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he met Byron in Greece and published A Picture of Greece in 1825 (1826), a collections of memoirs; he was MP for Belfast (1832-45) and civil secretary in Ceylon (1845-50). He contributed to the New Monthly Magazine.
REFERENCES TO Sir James Emerson Tennent, first baronet: Southern Henry (1799-1853), “Greece in 1825” in London Magazine NS 13 (January 1826) 1-17 Found 22: ¶ 1 ¶ 5 ¶ 6 ¶ 8 ¶ 11 ¶ 14 ¶ 18 ¶ 19 ¶ 22 ¶ 24 ¶ 26 ¶ 28 ¶ 29 ¶ 34 ¶ 35 ¶ 40 ¶ 42 ¶ 46 ¶ 50 ¶ 53 ¶ 56 ¶ n1 Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. I.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (August 1826) 172-181 Found 1: ¶ 12 Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. II.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (September 1826) 201-08 Found 2: ¶ 20 ¶ 29 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 12: G. P. R. James Found 1: ¶ 14 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 2: ¶ 11 ¶ 26 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 29 Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 68 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 4 Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VII Found 1: ¶ n1