Charles Tennyson Turner
Emily Tennyson (sister-in-law)
Charles Tennyson Turner (born Charles Tennyson; 4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet. Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, he was an elder brother of Alfred Tennyson; his friendship and the "heart union" with his brother is revealed in Poems by Two Brothers (1829). Another poet brother was Frederick Tennyson.
In 1833, Charles was ordained a priest in the Church of England. On 1 October 1835, he changed his surname to Turner after inheriting the estate of his great-uncle, the Reverend Samuel Turner of Caistor in Lincolnshire. On 24 May 1836, he married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; she later suffered from mental illness and became an opium addict. Charles died on 25 April 1879, at the age of 70, at 6 Imperial Square in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[1]
Turner was key in the construction of Grasby, a small village on the outskirts of Caistor. He helped construct part of the school (Grasby School) and was the vicar of Grasby Church for a while.
Published works
- Sonnets (1864)
- Small Tableaux (1868)
- Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations (1873)
- Collected Poems (1880, 8 months after death), assembled by Alfred and Hallam Tennyson, and James Spedding
References
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Charles Tennyson Turner
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Turner, Charles Tennyson". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- ^ W. H. Auden – 'Family Ghosts' – Rev. Charles Turner [formerly Tennyson] (I10561)
External links
- Works by or about Charles Tennyson Turner at the Internet Archive
- Works by Charles Tennyson Turner at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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- Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830)
- "The Deserted House"
- "The Kraken"
- "The Lady of Shalott"
- "The Lotos-Eaters"
- "Mariana"
- "Oenone"
- "Mariana in the South"
- The Miller's Daughter
- "Claribel"
- "The Ballad of Oriana"
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- "Break, Break, Break"
- "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
- "The Day-Dream"
- "A Dream of Fair Women"
- "Godiva"
- "St. Agnes"
- Lady Clare
- Idylls of the King
- "In Memoriam A.H.H."
- "Lady Clara Vere de Vere"
- "Locksley Hall"
- "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal"
- Poems (1842)
- "The Palace of Art"
- The Princess
- "Sir Galahad"
- "St. Simeon Stylites"
- "Sweet and Low"
- "Tears, Idle Tears"
- "The Two Voices"
- "Ulysses"
- "Crossing the Bar"
- "The Eagle"
- Enoch Arden
- "Flower in the Crannied Wall"
- "The Higher Pantheism"
- Maud
- "Ring Out, Wild Bells"
- "Tithonus"
- The Foresters (play)
- The Window (song cycle)
- Emily Tennyson (wife)
- Hallam Tennyson (son)
- Lionel Tennyson (grandson)
- Charles Tennyson (grandson)
- Emilia Tennyson (sister)
- Charles Tennyson Turner (brother)
- Frederick Tennyson (brother)
- Arthur Hallam (friend)
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