Octavia Laura Mary “Laura” Tennant Lyttelton (1862-1886)

Octavia Laura Mary “Laura” Tennant Lyttelton

Birth

26 Oct 1862

Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Death

24 Apr 1886 (aged 23)

Greater London, England

Burial

Traquair Kirkyard

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Birth registered as Octavia Mary Laura, although headstone states differently.
Married Alfred Lyttelton on 21 May 1885, in London.

Cheltenham Chronicle - Tuesday 26 May 1885, p3:
MARRIAGE OF THE HON. ALFRED LYTTELTON
The marriage of the Hon Alfred Lyttelton, brother to Lord Lyttelton, with Miss Laura Tennant, daughter of Mr Charles Tennant, MP for Peebles, was solemised on Thursday morning at St George's, Hanover-square, before a large and fashionable congregation.
(Abbreviated)

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 28 April 1886, p3:
THE DEATH OF MRS ALFRED LYTTELTON - The domestic affliction mentioned in connection with the Prime Minister's unwillingness to speak to the excursionists at Hawarden is the death of Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, who till recently was well known in London society under her maiden name of Miss Tennant.

Buried in Traquair Churchyard 28 April 1886.

Inscription

Centre tablet:
Sacred to the memory of
CHARLES TENNANT of The Glen, Baronet
Born 4 November 1823
Died 4 June 1906
And of
EMMA WINSLOE, wife of Charles Tennant of The Glen, Baronet
Born 6 September 1821
Died 21 January 1895
And of
CHARLOTTE WINSLOE
Died at The Glen 2 April 1865
Aged 63

Left tablet:
Sacred to the memory of
CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Tennant Esq of The Glen
Born 31 Dec 1851, died 28 Apr 1856; and of
JOHN AUBREY
Born 5 Dec 1853, died 7 May 1861; and of
CHARLES
Born 19 August 1856, killed by the collision on the Peebles Railway 29th October 1863; and of
JANET TENNANT
Born 18 May 1850
Died at Biarritz June 29 1868, aged 16; also
LAURA MARY OCTAVIA, wife of Alfred Lyttelton
Born 26 Oct 1862, died in London 24 Apr 1886; and of her son
ALFRED CHRISTOPHER
Born 16 Apr 1886, died 19th May 1888.

Right tablet:
Sacred to the memory of
HELEN ELIZABETH GORDON DUFF, wife of Harold John Tennant
Born 17 Oct 1836, who died at St Moritz 9th May 1892; and of their son
CHARLES
Born 10th Jul 1890, died at Eccles 3rd Mar 1897;
EDWARD WYNDHAM TENNANT
Born 1st July 1897, killed in action 22nd Sept 1916;
EDWARD PRIAULX, Baron Glenconner
Born 31 May 1859, died 21 Nov 1920;
CHRISTOPHER GREY, 2nd Baron Glenconner
Born 14th June 1899, died 4th October 1983;
The Honourable
CHARLES EDWARD PEVENSEY TENNANT
Born 15th Feb 1957
Died 19 Oct 1998