She was born Emily Sarah Sellwood at Horncastle in Lincolnshire. Her father was a solicitor who would act for the Tennyson family many times over the years. Her mother, who died when Emily was three, was a member of the Franklin family, sister of Sir John Franklin, an explorer, and Sir Willingham Franklin. Emily first met Alfred Tennyson during childhood, but they did not become close until much later (when Alfred's brother, Charles, married Emily's younger sister, Louisa), and did not marry until 1850. For much of the intervening time, they did not see one another at all.
They had two sons, Hallam and Lionel. During Tennyson's lifetime, Emily was his strong supporter and employed her own talents in setting some of his lyrics to music. After his death in 1892, she devoted herself to helping her son write the authorised biography.
It is from 1842 that the universal fame of Tennyson must be dated; from the time of the publication of the two volumes he ceased to be a curiosity, or the darling of an advanced clique, and took his place as the leading poet of his age in England.
Tennyson's health slowly became restored, and in 1846 he was hard at work on The Princess; in the autumn of this year he took a tour in Switzerland, and saw great mountains and such "stateliest bits of landskip" for the first time.
Tennyson does not excel each of these in his own special field, but he is often nearer to the particular man in his particular mastery than any one else can be said to be, and he has in addition his own field of supremacy.
EmilyTennyson (July 9, 1813 - August 10, 1896) was the wife of the poet, Alfred Tennyson, and a creative talent in her own right.
Her mother, who died when Emily was three, was a member of the Franklin family, sister of Sir John Franklin, an explorer, and Sir Willingham Franklin.
Emily first met Alfred Tennyson during childhood, but they did not become close until much later (when Alfred's brother, Charles, married Emily's younger sister, Louisa), and did not marry until 1850.
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