RARE \"Secretary for Scotland\" Harold Tennant Clipped Signature for Sale

RARE \"Secretary for Scotland\" Harold Tennant Clipped Signature For Sale

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RARE \"Secretary for Scotland\" Harold Tennant Clipped Signature:
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Up for sale a RARE! "Secretary for Scotland" Harold Tennant Clipped Signature.

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Harold

John Tennant PC (18

November 1865 – 9 November 1935), often known as Jack Tennant, served as Secretary for Scotland under

his brother-in-law H. H. Asquith between

July and December 1916. Born at The was a younger son of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st

Baronet, by his first wife Emma, daughter of Richard Winsloe. He was

the brother of Edward

Tennant, 1st Baron hence the brother-in-law of H. H. Asquith) and the half-brother of Baroness

Elliot of Harwood. He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Tennant

was Assistant Private Secretary to his brother-in-law H. H. Asquith while the latter was Home Secretary between

1892 and 1895. In 1894 he was elected Member of became Prime Minister in 1908 and in January 1909 he to the Board of Trade. Tennant remained in this office

until 1911, and then served under Asquith as Financial

Secretary to the War Office from 1911 to 1912 and as Under-Secretary of State

for War from 1912 to 1916. In 1914 he was sworn of the Privy

Council. He entered the cabinet as Secretary for Scotland under

Asquith in July 1916, a post he held untAsquith was ousted as Prime Minister in

December 1916. Tennant did not serve under David Lloyd George. At

the 1918 general

election, the Berwickshire constituency was abolished, and Tennant

contested the new Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituency. He faced

two opponents: R. W. Foulis of the Labour Party, and the 1911–1918 Haddingtonshire MP John Deans Hope. With two incumbent Liberal MPs contesting one

seat, Hope's receipt of the coalition coupon secured his victory, with 54% of the

votes. Tennant came a poor third, with only 16% of the votes.

He also unsuccessfully contested Glasgow

Central in 1923 but never returned to the House of

Commons. During his time in Parliament, Tennant supported a number

of progressive measures such as worker's compensation, minimum wage

provisions, school medical inspections, factory inspections, and

unemployment insurance. He married factory inspector May Abraham in 1896. Tennant bought Great Maytham Hall, Rolvenden, Kent in 1910. He commissioned Edwin Lutyens to rebuild the hall at a cost of £24,000. As leader of the war memorial committee, he also

engaged Lutyens to design the Rolvenden War Memorial,

erected in 1922.