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Turner (CHARLES TENNYSON an English)

CHARLES TENNYSON, an English poet; brother of Lord Alfred Tennyson; born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, July 4, 1808. He assumed the name of Turner by royal license, having inherited some property from his great uncle, Rev. Samuel Turner. Besides "Poems of Two Brothers," written in collaboration with Alfred, he wrote: "Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces" (1830) Pieces" (1830); "Sonnets" (1864); "Small Tableaux" (1868) ; "Sonnets, Lyrics, and Translations" (1873) "Collected Sonnets, Old and New" (1880). He died in Cheltenham, England, April 25, 1879.