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10 unusual facts about Lord Tennyson


Balaklava

The British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson immortalized this battle in verse.

Battle of Leyte Gulf

The last three words—probably selected by a communications officer at Nimitz's headquarters—may have been meant as a loose quote from Tennyson's poem on "The Charge of the Light Brigade", suggested by the coincidence that this day, 25 October, was the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava—and was not intended as a commentary on the current crisis off Leyte.

Coke County, Texas

Eighteen hundred ninety two saw the beginning of the town of Tennyson, named in honor of the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Cultural depictions of Harold Godwinson

Fictional accounts based on the events surrounding Harold Godwinson's brief reign as king of England have been published, notably the play Harold, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in 1876; and the novel Last of the Saxon Kings, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, in 1848.

English words without vowels

However, it is, in literary English, nearly always spelled combe (as in Ilfracombe and Castle Combe), coomb (as in J. R. R. Tolkien) or comb (as in Alfred, Lord Tennyson).

Floating Down to Camelot

The title is drawn from Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott, in which while floating down to Camelot the Lady of Shalott apparently dies of a broken heart, caused by the rejection of Sir Lancelot.

Jakob Maria Mierscheid

After the historic defeat in the 2009 election, Mierscheid quoted Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Ulysses in German to raise the spirits of his comrades in the Bundestag.

Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson

The grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, he succeeded his father to the title in 1928, having been known before that as "The Hon Lionel Tennyson".

Tennyson, Texas

Named for Alfred, Lord Tennyson by an English settler who arrived in 1882, the community received a post office in 1892.

The Dying Swan

Inspired by swans that she had seen in public parks and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Dying Swan", Anna Pavlova (who had just become a ballerina at the Mariinsky Theatre) asked Michel Fokine, who had also read the poem, to create a solo ballet for her for a 1905 concert being given by artists from the chorus of the Imperial Mariinsky Opera.


Gunby Hall

The Hall contains significant collections of art, furniture, porcelain and silver including original pieces by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Lear, William Morris, Lord Tennyson, William Holman Hunt, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Sheraton and Lucio Rannuci.

Melbourne Park, Kingston

Playing for Jamaica against Lord Tennyson's XI in February 1932, he struck 344 not out, at the time the highest innings made in the West Indies and still (as of 2007) a ground record.

Merrik Ward

Ward made three County Championship appearances the following season, where Ward made his two highest scores of 47* against Gloucestershire and his highest score of 48 against Kent, a match in which Ward captained Hampshire in the absence of Lord Tennyson.

Percy Wakefield

In a game most notable for Phil Mead's exploits for Hampshire — he scored 235 and shared in a last-wicket stand of 127 with Stuart Boyes — Wakefield's own contribution was minimal: he scored 0 and 8, sent down three wicketless overs, and held a catch to dismiss Hampshire captain Lord Tennyson.