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Tennant, James (industrialist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1852 - 1933

Biography

James Tennant was a Scottish industrialist from Fairlieburne, Fairlie, Ayrshire. He was a nephew of Sir Charles Tennant of the Glen (father of Margot Asquith, wife of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith... James Tennant's cousin). Beginning as a partner in the Glasgow chemical manufacturers Charles Tennant & Co., James Tennant became director of companies including United Alkali Co, North Eastern Electric Supply Co, and Eastern Paper Mills Co. His youngest child was Sheena Lilian Grant Tennant who married Herbert Kendall in 1919.