Charles Tennyson Turner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Tennyson Turner

English poet

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1808

Place of Birth: Somersby, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1879

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 greater 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 was key in the construction of Grasby, a small village on the outskirts of Caistor.
He helped construct part of the school (Grasby School) and was the vicar of Grasby Church for a while.