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Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (4 November 1823 – 4 June 1906) [1] was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician. Early life. Tennant was the son of John Tennant (1796–1878) and Robina ( née Arrol) Tennant. [2] . His grandfather was the chemist and industrialist Charles Tennant. [3] Career.
Charles Tennant (3 May 1768 – 1 October 1838) was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty.
- 1 October 1838 (aged 70)
- John Tennant, Margaret McClure
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 Glascow philanthropist. At age fourteen, Sir Charles went to work in business at Liverpool. He made his own first fortune by his early twenties, buying railroad stock. In ...
Chemical manufacturer. Charles Tennant was born into a family that had worked on the land for generations. He left his humble origins to become involved in the manufacture of silk. He studied...
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.
Charles Tennant (1768–1838) Listen. The ability to bleach products was increasingly important during the Industrial Revolution as industries such as cotton manufacturing and papermaking grew rapidly. In traditional bleaching, materials were laid in sunlight to whiten or disinfect them or prepare them for further processing.
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt (1823 - 1906) | National Gallery, London. 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.
