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Harold John Tennant

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Jack Tennant

Born: 18 November 1865, Innerleithen, Peebleshire

Died: 9 November 1935

Member of Privy Council - 1914

brother-in-law of Henry Herbert Asquith

brother of Edward Priaulx Tennant

son of Charles Tennant

son of Emma Winsloe

Education

Eton College

Trinity College, Cambridge

Appointments

Elections fought

29 March 1894		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	2,727	55.84
24 July 1895		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	2,673	55.24
12 October 1900		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	2,518	56.13
18 January 1906		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	2,975	64.69
20 January 1910		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	2,992	59.22
15 December 1910		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	3,005	60.04
9 July 1916 Resignation of Rt Hon Harold Tennant on appointment as Secretary for Scotland.
18 July 1916		Berwickshire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
14 December 1918		Berwickshire & Haddingtonshire	Liberal Party	2,557	16.06
6 December 1923		Glasgow Central	Liberal Party	2,870	9.82