OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 16 December 1937, Page 8

OBITUARY

MRS D. C. TENNENT The death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs Hugh Boyer, "Marholm,” Waverley, Christchurch, on Saturday of Mrs Douglas Cowpcr Tennent. slates the "Press.” Mrs Tennent was the eldest child of the late Dr. and Mrs John Greenwood (Nelson), and eldest grandchild of the late Dr. and Mrs Danfcrth 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 Gascovne-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 18 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 DunstafTnage 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.