Tennant, Hon Stephen James Napier, 1906-1987
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- 1906-1987
Tennant, Hon Stephen James Napier, son of Edward Priaulx, 1st Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Adelaide Genevieve, d. of Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham; b. 21 Apr. 1906; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left Apr. 1922; Slade Sch. 1922; an eccentric aesthete, described by William Hickey (Daily Express 1927) as "arriving in an electric Brougham, wearing a football jersey and ear rings"; took to his bedroom 1945, leaving it only on rare occasions; author and illustrator of the novel Leaves from a Missionary's Notebook, repub. 1986; d. 28 Feb. 1987.