Iain Tennant
FRSA | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1919 North Berwick, Scotland |
| Died | 25 September 2006 (aged 87) , Scotland |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Lady Margret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (1920 - 2014) |
Sir Iain Mark Tennant FRSA (11 March 1919 – 25 September 2006) was a Scottish businessman.
Life and career
Born in
John Edward Tennant and Georgina Helen Kirkpatrick, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade. He was captured at the surrender of Tobruk
and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany until 1945.
In 1946 he married Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (1920-2014), daughter of Colonel David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie in Westminster.[1] and had a two sons, Mark and Christopher and a daughter; Christopher died before his death in 2006.[2] His daughter, Emma, married Sir Jocelyn Stevens.[3]
Tennant's business appointments include chairman of
Gordonstoun School
from 1957 to 1972.
Tennant was a member of the
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1988 and 1989, and Crown Estate commissioner for Scotland from 1970 to 1990. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1986.[5] He also served on Moray and Nairn County Council from 1956 to 1964. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
.
References
- ^ General Register Office, Marriage Cert. Sep 1946, 5c 817
- ^ "Sir Iain Tennant". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Sir Jocelyn Stevens - obituary".
- ^ "No. 40340". The London Gazette. 30 November 1954. p. 6793.
- ^ "No. 50734". The London Gazette. 2 December 1986. p. 15542.