Talk:Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Lord Tennyson or Baron Tennyson? Whats the diff?
I saw in my English class he is called Alfred Lord Tennyson. What's the difference between Lord Tennyson or Baron Tennyson. Should it be Lord Alfred Tennyson? Which is correct?? (PatseG (talk) 01:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC))

All the lower ranks of British Peerage (Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron)are referred to simply as Lord This-n-that, for speed and simplicity. Tennyson became well-known, and was appointed Poet Laureate, just under his common name, Alfred Tennyson. When he was created Baron, common parlance started to refer to him as Alfred,Lord Tennyson, an unusual usage, but one that has stuck. Fairlightseven 04/06/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.137.225 (talk) 16:41, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Definitely not Lord Alfred Tennyson, a form reserved for younger sons of dukes and marquesses. Seadowns (talk) 14:53, 27 July 2017 (UTC)


 * @ 92.9.137.225: You call the form "Alfred, Lord Tennyson" an "unusual usage". Wouldn't it be more correct to call it a unique usage? I know of no other cases. Does anyone? And if, as I suspect, this was unprecedented, then just exactly how did it arise? I mean, it was far from the first case where a person well-known to the public was given a peerage late in life. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  23:05, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

A perhaps inappropriate question
I doubt this is the right forum to ask, but I'll do so anyway, excusing myself by not being a native speaker of English.


 * It says: "There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds." [The context directly contradicts the apparent meaning of this quote.]

And I'm bound to ask how is one supposed to understand it? I find it difficult not to interpret this as anything other than a praise of intellectual and spiritual honesty with it's inevitable doubt about accepted beliefs, faith, and so on. So, dear ladies and gentlemen, what am I missing here? Cheerio Sorte Slyngel (talk) 19:29, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Signature
I noticed that Lord Duffrin has his signature on his page here. Why doesn't Tennyson? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.1.59.252 (talk) 00:57, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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Siblings?
There were quite a few. Could we have them listed? Valetude (talk) 00:46, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

I married a descendant of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Can someone help me fill in the gaps? 173.92.142.45 (talk) 22:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but this isn't a genealogy site. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  00:28, 23 May 2022 (UTC)