Sir James Emerson Tennent, first baronet (1804-1876)
Originally Emerson; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he met Byron in Greece and
published A Picture of Greece in 1825 (1826), a collections of
memoirs; he was MP for Belfast (1832-45) and civil secretary in Ceylon (1845-50). He
contributed to the New Monthly Magazine.
Originally Emerson; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he met Byron in Greece and
published A Picture of Greece in 1825 (1826), a collections of
memoirs; he was MP for Belfast (1832-45) and civil secretary in Ceylon (1845-50). He
contributed to the New Monthly Magazine.
