Who is Charles Tennyson Turner

Charles Tennyson Turner (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 wa...
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Charles Tennyson Turner Poems

• Letty's Globe
  When Letty had scarce pass'd her third glad year,
  And her young artless words began to flow,
  One day we gave the child a colour'd sphere
  Of the wide earth, that she might mark and know,...

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Comments about Charles Tennyson Turner

• Iswearenglish: on finding a small fly crushed in a book by charles tennyson turner - summary analysis - death 1808 - 1879
• Dore_alva: 'regrets which are not thrust upon thee, seek not' - charles tennyson turner
• Litcharts: new guide! on finding a small fly by charles tennyson turner
• Kbourrier: another transcription problem! can anyone read this letter, describing louisa tennyson turner's attempt to save her husband charles (alfred's brother) from opium addiction? high church tendencies + opium are leading to things like dangerous fasting for the pair:
• Fraveris: the rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! in hues of ancient promise there imprest... ~ charles tennyson turner ~ art by david newton

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