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Charles Tennyson Turner (born Charles Tennyson; 4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet. Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, he was an elder brother of Alfred Tennyson; his friendship and the "heart union" with his brother is revealed in Poems by Two Brothers (1829). Another poet brother was Frederick Tennyson.

In 1833, Charles was ordained a priest in the Church of England. On 1 October 1835, he changed his surname to Turner after inheriting the estate of his great-uncle, the Reverend Samuel Turner of Caistor in Lincolnshire. On 24 May 1836, he married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; she later suffered from mental illness and became an opium addict. Charles died on 25 April 1879, at the age of 70, at 6 Imperial Square in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Turner was key in the construction of Grasby, a small village on the outskirts of Caistor. He helped construct part of the school (Grasby School) and was the vicar of Grasby Church for a while.

Published works

• Sonnets (1864)
• Small Tableaux (1868)
• Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations (1873)
• Collected Poems (1880, 8 months after death), assembled by Alfred and Hallam Tennyson, and James Spedding

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Turner, Charles Tennyson". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

1. W. H. Auden – 'Family Ghosts' – Rev. Charles Turner [formerly Tennyson] (I10561)

External links

• Works by or about Charles Tennyson Turner at the Internet Archive
• Works by Charles Tennyson Turner at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

v t e Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Early poetry	Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830) "The Deserted House" "The Kraken" "The Lady of Shalott" "The Lotos-Eaters" "Mariana" "Oenone" "Mariana in the South" The Miller's Daughter "Claribel" "The Ballad of Oriana"
Poetry	"Break, Break, Break" "The Charge of the Light Brigade" "The Day-Dream" "A Dream of Fair Women" "Godiva" "St. Agnes" Lady Clare Idylls of the King "In Memoriam A.H.H." "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" "Locksley Hall" "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" Poems (1842) "The Palace of Art" The Princess "Sir Galahad" "St. Simeon Stylites" "Sweet and Low" "Tears, Idle Tears" "The Two Voices" "Ulysses"
Late poetry	"Crossing the Bar" "The Eagle" Enoch Arden "Flower in the Crannied Wall" "The Higher Pantheism" Maud "Ring Out, Wild Bells" "Tithonus"
Other works	The Foresters (play) The Window (song cycle)
Related	Chapel House, Twickenham Farringford House Tennyson Down Blackdown, West Sussex
People	Emily Tennyson (wife) Hallam Tennyson (son) Lionel Tennyson (grandson) Charles Tennyson (grandson) Emilia Tennyson (sister) Charles Tennyson Turner (brother) Frederick Tennyson (brother) Arthur Hallam (friend)

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