Death of Lord Tennyson.

Manawatu Herald, 8 October 1892, Page 2

Death of Lord Tennyson.

« — _ Lord Tennyson died on the 6th October. s Men and Women of the Time says Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, lst Baron (createdlßß4), was the third son of the late Rev George Clayton Tennyson, the eider brother of the late Right Hon C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt ; was born at Sonierby in 1809. He was educated by his father, and in due course proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1829 he gained the Chancellor's Medal by a poem in blank verse, entitled " Timbuctoo." Mr Tennyson did not publish any thing till 1830, when " Poems chiefly Lyrical " appeared, and from 1842 the steady and rapid growth of his fame may be traced It was apparent that the author of the " Morte d' Arthur, I ,' " Loeksley Hall," the "May Queen," and the "Two Voices" was entitled to take the first rank among English poets. After the publication of "In Memoriam " in 1850 the appointment of Poet Laureate was given him. " A concordance to the entire Works of Alfred Tennyson " published in 1869 is a remarkable proof of the Lav - reate's great popularity. In 1855 the University of Oxford conferred on the poet the honorary degree of DiGlti. la December 1888 Mt

Tennyson accepted a peerage as Baron Tennyson of Aldworth, Sussex, and of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. In his 81st year he published " Demeter, and other poems " which has been very popular with both the English and American public.