<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Right Honourable The Lord Tennyson FRS </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, by George Frederic Watts (1817 - 1904) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 6 August 1809 Somersby, Lincolnshire, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 6 October 1892 (1892 - 10 - 06) (aged 83) Lurgashall, Sussex, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> Westminster Abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Poet Laureate (1850 - 1892) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Trinity College, Cambridge (no degree) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Literary movement </Th> <Td> Victorian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse </Th> <Td> Emily Sellwood (m . 1850) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson </Li> <Li> Hon . Lionel Tennyson </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Right Honourable The Lord Tennyson FRS </Th> </Tr>

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