Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson

Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson

Player information
Surname	Lionel Hallam Tennyson
Born	7th November 1889 Westminster , London , England
Died	June 6, 1951, aged 61, Bexhill-on-Sea , Sussex , England
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right poor almost
International games
National team	England
Test debut (cap 180)	December 13, 1913 v  South Africa
Last test	August 16, 1921 v  Australia
National teams
Years	team
1913-1935	Hampshire
Career statistics
Game form	test	First-class
Games	9	477
Runs (total)	345	16,828
Batting average	31.36	23.33
100s / 50s	- / 4	19/66
Highscore	74 *	217
Balls	6th	3,756
Wickets	-	55
Bowling Average	-	54.10
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in play	-	-
Best bowling performance	-	3/50
Catches / stumpings	6 / -	172 / -
Source: Cricinfo , April 11, 2015

Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (born November 7, 1889 in London , † June 6, 1951 in Bexhill-on-Sea , East Sussex ) was a British nobleman who became known as the captain of the England cricket team .

Life

Tennyson was born on November 7, 1889, the eldest son of the Hon. Hallam Tennyson . He was thus a grandson of Alfred Tennyson , the most famous poet of the later Victorian era .

In 1911, Tennyson joined the Coldstream Guards . During World War I he served with the Rifle Brigade on the Western Front . He was mentioned twice in Despatches (comparable to the mention in the Wehrmacht report ) and wounded three times. In 1928, Tennyson inherited his father's title on the death of his father and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since . In 1933 he published his autobiography under the title "From Verse To Worse".

In 1918 he married the Hon. Clarissa Tennant, the eldest daughter of the politician Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner . The marriage, which had three sons, was divorced in 1928. One son died in infancy. In 1934 he married the American Carroll Elting for the second time. This marriage, which remained childless, ended in divorce in 1943.

Tennyson died in 1951; his title fell to his eldest son Harold .

Cricketer

Tennyson was already a member of the school selection during his school days at Eton College . In 1913 he began playing first-class cricket as a right - handed batsman for Hampshire . The following year he was listed as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack .

Tennyson played in a total of nine test matches for the English national cricket team. As early as 1913/14 he took part in the tour to South Africa and was used five times in tests. After a war interruption in his sporting career, he became the captain of Hampshire. He held this position until 1932. He scored a total of 19 Centurys , his best individual result was 217 runs, which he scored in 1928 against the West Indies .

In 1921, England had lost six Tests in a row to the Australian team when Tennyson was called back to the national team. Although the next match was also lost, Tennyson's performance was so good that he was made captain for the last three Tests of the series against Australia. After his team also lost the next match, the last two tests ended in a draw . As an amateur , however, he did not take part in the next tour, so there were no further appearances in the national team.

Web links

• Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
• Cricinfo page (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Hallam Tennyson	Baron Tennyson 1928-1951	Harold Tennyson