Peerage Record – 1982

     Very Rev. John West graduated with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)¹ He held the office of Dean of St. Patrick’s.¹

     Sir Charles Clow Tennant of The Glen, 1st Bt. was born on 4 November 1823. He was the son of John Tennant of St. Rollox.³ He married, firstly, Emma Winsloe, daughter of Richard Winsloe and Charlotte Monkton, on 2 August 1849. He married, secondly, Marguerite Agaranthe Miles, daughter of Colonel Charles William Miles and Maria Susannah Hill, in November 1898.¹ He died on 4 June 1906 at age 82.
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Glasgow between 1879 and 1880.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Peebles and Selkirk between 1880 and 1886.³ He was recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms, and matriculated his arms at the Lyons Court in 1885.³ He was created 1st Baronet Tennant [U.K.] on 17 July 1885.⁴ He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Cameronians.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)³ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)³

     Edward Priaulx Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner was born on 31 May 1859.¹ He was the son of Sir Charles Clow Tennant of The Glen, 1st Bt. and Emma Winsloe.¹ He married Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Wyndham, daughter of Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham and Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell, on 11 July 1895.² He died on 21 November 1920 at age 61.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1885 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Salisbury between 1906 and 1910.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Tennant [U.K., 1885] on 4 June 1906.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Peebles-shire between 1908 and 1920.¹ He held the office of Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland between 1911 and 1914.¹ He was created 1st Baron Glenconner, of Glen, co. Peebles [U.K.] on 3 April 1911.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Wiltshire.¹

     Edward Cann Bailey was Clerk of the Peace for Norwich.¹

     Reverend Henry Giles Alington is the son of Reverend John Alington and Charlotte Sophia Bellingham. He married Jane Margaret Booth.¹
     He lived at Candlesbury, Lincolnshire, England^G.

     John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Kent) was born before 1304. He was the son of Henry de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham (of Kent) and Maud de Moreville.^1,2 He married, secondly, Agnes Stone, daughter of Richard Stone.² He married, firstly, Joan Beauchamp, daughter of John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit, in 1314.² He died on 24 February 1354/55.² He was buried at Cobham Church, Cobham, Kent, England^G.²
     He was appointed Knight before 1326/27.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1326/27.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1330.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1332.² He held the office of Constable of Rochester in 1334, jointly with his father.² He gained the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1335 in the from Thames westward.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent between 1335 and 1337.² He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Cobham, Kent [E., 1313] on 25 November 1350.¹ He was appointed Knight Banneret in 1354 with an annuity of 100 marks.²

     Joan Beauchamp was the daughter of John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit.^1,2 She married John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Kent), son of Henry de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham (of Kent) and Maud de Moreville, in 1314.¹
     Her married name became Cobham. She was living in 1343.¹

     Captain John Gore was the son of Hon. Richard Gore.¹

     Richard Frederick John Gore was born in 1836.¹ He was the son of Captain John Gore.¹ He married Susan Jane Stephenson, daughter of William Stephenson, in 1874.¹ He died in 1914.¹

     John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) was born on 25 July 1274.¹ He was the son of John Beauchamp and Cicely de Vivonne.¹ He married Joan Chenduit before 1301.¹ He died between October 1336 and December 1336.¹
     He fought in the Scottish wars.¹ On 17 September 1295 he had seizin of his father’s lands.¹ He was created 1st Lord Beauchamp, of Somerset [England by writ] on 29 December 1299.¹ He was appointed Knight on 22 May 1306.¹ In 1321 he suceeded to the extensive estates of his mother, including Sturminster Marshal, Dorset and Bullingham, Cambridgeshire.¹ He held the office of Governor of Sturminster Castle in 1325.¹
     Note that the House of Lords, Committee for Privileges found in 1924 that there was no proof that neither John Beauchamp nor his son had actually sat in Parliament following their writ of summons.²