Gravestone to Rt Hon Harold John Tennant
Corgarff Cemetery contains a rubble‑walled 1869 enclosure with three simple uniform Neoclassical headstones to members of the Tennant family, reportedly designed by Lutyens for Harold John Tennant, his wife May, and Lt-Col Archibald Tennant with his wife Diana.
Please log in to view the full description, bibliography, and record details.
Description
Corgarff Cemetery, 0.6 km. e on the A939. Rubble-walled enclosure, laid out in 1869. – Three simple Neoclassical stones to the Tennants of Edinglassie (q.v.): the statesman Harold John Tennant (†1935); his wife, May, who was a pioneer social reformer (†1946); Lt.-Col. Archibald Tennant (†1955) and his wife, Diana (†2011), all to a uniform design reportedly by Edwin Lutyens. (Sharples et al, 2015, p.422)
Bibliography
Sharples, J., Walker, D.W. and Woodworth, M. (2015) Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen. The Buildings of Scotland. New Haven: Yale University Press.
,
