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Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician.
Charles Tennant (3 May 1768 – 1 October 1838) was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty.
Sir Charles began collecting paintings around 1880, starting mostly with 19th-century landscapes and 18th c. portraits. The Tennant family fortune began with Charles' grandfather, who invented bleaching powder and established a huge and successful chemical works in Glascow. Sir Charles' father, John, expanded the business and became a leading ...
Charles Tennant died in Glasgow and was buried in the Glasgow Necropolis. His grandson, Sir Charles Tennant (1823-1906), who took over as head of the business, was a prominent Liberal, serving...
TENNANT, Sir CHARLES, first baronet (1823–1906), merchant and art patron, born in Glasgow on 4 Nov. 1823, was elder of the two sons of John Tennant of St. Rollox, Glasgow.
Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Bt. (1823-1906), Scottish businessman, industrialist, Liberal politician and patron of art. MP for Glasgow and Peebles and Selkirk; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Charles Tennant was the grandson of the chemist and industrialist of the same name.
1823 - 1906. This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people. Biographical notes. Scottish businessman, industrialist and politician. National Gallery Trustee (1894–1906). Slavery connections. No known connections with slavery. Abolition connections.
