James Emerson Tennent
| Sir James Emerson Tennent KB, LLD | |||||||
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| Born | 1804 | ||||||
| Died | 1869 | ||||||
| Residence | 66 Warwick Sq Pimlico [1862] | ||||||
| Occupation | legal | ||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL Council 1858-59 President*
House Notes
check him - was he president, did he join, when??
1859.06.09 The Hon. Secretary having stated that Sir James Emerson Tennent had finally resigned the presidency, it was unanimously resolved that the duty of filling up the vacancy for the year having devolved upon the Council, Sir James Clark should be requested to remain in the office of President during another year.
Notes From Elsewhere
Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet FRS (7 April 1804–6 March 1869), born James Emerson, was an Irish politician and traveller. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1862.
Member of the Athenaeum club from 1844
Publications
External Publications
Christianity in Ceylon (1850) and Ceylon, Physical, Historical and Topographical (2 vols., 1859)
Belgium in 1840 (1841), and Wine: its Duties and Taxation (1855), The Wild Elephant and The Method Of Capturing It in Ceylon (1867) Sketches Of The Natural History Of Ceylon (1868)