Clare Tennant
Clarissa Madeline Georgiana Felicite Tennant, known as Clare Tennant, was a British socialite, prominent in early 20th century high society in London.
Early life
Clare was born on 13 July 1896. She was the only daughter of Edward Tennant, 1st [Baron Glenconner], and Pamela Wyndham. Among her brothers was poet Edward, Stephen and David Tennant.Her paternal grandparents were Emma Winsloe and Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Her uncle was Harold Tennant, and her aunt, Margot Tennant was the wife of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.
In her younger years she was often seen at the Ritz Hotel in London, dining with the likes of Lady Cynthia Asquith, Osbert Sitwell, Gilbert Russell and Maud Nelke. Mary Abbott describes her as a "notorious 'bolter'", while Barbara Cartland in her 1970 autobiography "We Danced All Night" called her "one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen".
Personal life
She married three times. Her first marriage was to William Adrian Vincent Bethell, whom she married on 18 August 1915. Before they divorced in 1918, they were the parents of one daughter:- Diana Hermione Bethell, who married Richard Purcell Blow, and had issue, the author Simon Blow
- Harold Christopher Tennyson, the 4th Baron Tennyson who died unmarried
- Mark Aubrey Tennyson, the 5th Baron Tennyson who married Deline Celeste Budler but died without issue
- Lionel Tennyson, who died in infancy
- James Montgomery Beck III, who adopted Rev. David Lawson-Beck
- Virginia Clare Beck