OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1937, Page 18

OBITUARY

, MRS. D. C. TENNENT,

The death/occurred' at the-home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Boyer, "Marholm," Waverley, Christchurch, on Sat urday of Mrs. Douglas Cowper Tetinent, states the "Press." Mrs. Tennent was the eldestchild of the late Mir. and Mrs. John Greenwood (Nelson) and eldest grandchild of the late Dr. and Mrs. Danforth Greenwood", and Major and Mrs. C. Manners Gascoyne, both of Motueka and Nelson. The former arrived in the sailing ship Phoebe in January, 1841, and the latter, Major Gascoyne, retired from ..the Indian Army in 1857. Mrs. Tennent's husband, of '"Westward Ho," Marton, died in 1920. Her grandfather, Major Gascoyne, was a first cousin of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury, and father of the present holder of the title, both of whom have visited New Zealand. The late Marquis was Prime Minister of England for 13 years. Mrs. :; Tennent's . ■ maternal grandfather, Surgeon Donald Campbell, of the Fifth Bengal Light Cavalry, was the last child to be born in the ancient Royal Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyleshire, the hereditary seat of the Campbell Clan, in which the famous Coronation Stone was lodged for 300 years.

Mrs. Tennent's family has been noted for its longevity. Her mother died at the age of 96 years, and her grandmother at 93 years of age. Mrs. Tennent is survived by Mrs. Lan; Simpson (Woodville),' Mrs. R. N. Todd (Irivercargill), Mr. Percy D. Tennent ("Dunstaffnage," Waverley), Mrs. A. V. Oliv/r (Greymouth)., Mr. John G. Tennent (Hawera), Mrs. H. Boyer (Waverley), Mr. William C. Tennent (Hastings), Mrs. E. Oliver (Pleasant Point, South Canterbury). Her two brothers are Dr. Cecil Danforth Greenwood (Sydney) and Mr. Charles Greenwood ("Westmere," Wanganui). Her aunt, Mrs. Gordon Saxby (nee Greenwood), died in November of this year at Eait Cape, North Island. Wellington relatives include the late Mrs. Stowe, Tirtakori Road, and the Misses Greenwood, of Muritai.