He was from Dillonstown in County Louth, son of Henry Tennison, Member of Parliament for Louth and grandson of Richard Tennison, Bishop of Meath; his mother was Anne Moore of County Fermanagh.
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He married the heiress Dorothy Upton, daughter of Thomas Upton, Member of Parliament for County Antrim, and cousin of the first Baron Templetown.
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