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Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.
Charles Tennant (3 May 1768 – 1 October 1838) was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty. Biography.
Sep 13, 2022 · Genealogy for Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet (1823 - 1906) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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- November 4, 1823
- Emma Tennant, Marguerite Agaranthe Tennant
- June 4, 1906
TENNANT, Sir CHARLES, first baronet (1823–1906), merchant and art patron, born in Glasgow on 4 Nov. 1823, was elder of the two sons of John Tennant of St. Rollox, Glasgow.
Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet JP DL (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.
Sir Charles Tennant, first baronet (1823–1906) by John Singer Sargent, 1901 private collection; © reserved in the photograph
Sir Charles began collecting paintings around 1880, starting mostly with 19th-century landscapes and 18th c. portraits. The Tennant family fortune began with Charles' grandfather, who invented bleaching powder and established a huge and successful chemical works in Glascow.
