David Tennant, 94, aristocrat, son of actress Hermione Baddeley

[Mig.Rhodes]

David Edward Wyndham Tennant, who died 19 October, 2024, aged 94, was a
scion of the Barons Glenconner and a son of the actress Hermione
Baddeley.

He was born 10 May, 1930, the son of the Hon David Francis Tennant
(1902-68), and his first wife the former Hermione Youlanda Ruby
Clinton-Baddeley (1906-86). His mother was the great English actress
Hermione Baddeley, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her performance in Room at the Top (1959) and a
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The
Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore in 1963. She portrayed Mrs Cratchit
in the 1951 film Scrooge and Ellen the maid in the 1964 Disney film Mary
Poppins. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney
animated film, The Aristocats.

David Tennant's aunt was Angela Baddeley, CBE (1904-76), the stage and
television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs.
Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

David Tennant was a grandson paternally of the 1st Baron Glenconner
(1859-1920).

https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2024/11/david-edward-wyndham-tennant-1930-2024.html


The Old Etonian was a member of the London Stock Exchange. He married
firstly, 3 Dec, 1964 (div 1973), Margaret Rachel Scott (born 23 Nov,
1943), scion of the Earls of Eldon, daughter of the Hon Sir Ernest
Stowell Scott, KCMG, MVO (1872-1953), diplomat, by his wife the former
Winifred Kathleen Brodrick, by whom he had issue; he married 2ndly, in
2004, as her 3rd husband, Frances Jane Fairey (1937-2017), daughter of
Sir Charles Richard Fairey, MBE (1887-1956), the aircraft manufacturer,
by his wife the former Esther Sarah Whitmey (1906-78).

David Tennant leaves issue from his first marriage, two sons, Aubone
(born 7 May, 1969), and Ivan (born 1970), and a daughter, Laura (born 9
Feb, 1967).

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[Kenny McCormack]

Post by Mig.Rhodes
David Edward Wyndham Tennant, who died 19 October, 2024, aged 94, was a
scion of the Barons Glenconner and a son of the actress Hermione
Baddeley.

(blah, blah, blah. Misuse of the word "scion", etc)

Anyway, presumably, no relation to (and NTBCW):

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855039

[Mig.Rhodes]

Thankfully not a relative of the thespian toe-rag of the same name.

...

[Louis Epstein]

Post by Kenny McCormack

Post by Mig.Rhodes
David Edward Wyndham Tennant, who died 19 October, 2024, aged 94, was a
scion of the Barons Glenconner and a son of the actress Hermione
Baddeley.

(blah, blah, blah. Misuse of the word "scion", etc)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855039

The actor is NOT a "Tennant" by birth,let alone a descendant
of any of the 16 children the wealthy Sir Charles Tennant,
1st Baronet,had by multiple marriages between 1855 and 1904.

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