Mark Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson

Mark Aubrey Tennyson, 5th Baron Tennyson (28 March 1920 – 3 July 2006), was a British peer. He was the second son of Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson, and the Hon. Clare Tennant. The great-grandson of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, he succeeded his brother to the title in 1991.^[1]

The Right Honourable The Lord Tennyson DSC
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 19 October 1991 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	Harold Tennyson, 4th Baron Tennyson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
Personal details
Born	Mark Aubrey Tennyson (1920-03-28)28 March 1920
Died	3 July 2006(2006-07-03) (aged 86)
Spouse	Deline Celeste Budler ​ ​ (m. 1964; died 1995)​
Parents	Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (father) Hon. Clare Tennant (mother)

Tennyson served in the Royal Navy from 1937 to 1960, rising to the rank of commander, and saw action during World War II. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1945 in recognition of his military service during the war. He was subsequently an executive of Rowntree Mackintosh and Joseph Terry & Sons. In 1964, he married Deline Celeste Budler (d. 1995). The two had no children.^[1]

Notes

1. Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.