Melesina Trench
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Melesina Trench was an Irish writer, poet and diarist. During her lifetime she was known more for her beauty than her writing, and it wasn't until her son, Richard Chenevix Trench, published her diari
Melesina Trench
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambrid
Melesina Trench
…were on holiday in Dublin, their son Richard Chenevix Trench was born. He went on to be the Archbishop of Dublin, renowned poet and contemporary of Tennyson. Her only daughter died a few years later, aged four. She corresponded with (amongst others) Mary Leadbeater, with whom she worked to improve the lot…
Tennyson in the late 1860s
An illustration by William Edward Frank Britten showing Somersby Rectory, where Tennyson was raised and began writing
Statue of Lord Tennyson in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
John William Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott, 1888 (Tate Britain, London)