Charles Tennyson Turner

Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 4, 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet.

Life
He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, the second son of Elizabeth Fytche and Rev. George Clayton Tennyson, the rector of Somersby. He was the younger brother of Frederick Tennyson (also a poet), and an elder brother of future Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

His friendship and "heart union" with his greater brother is revealed in Poems by Two Brothers. He married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife.

Writing
Evaluation of Charles Turner's poetry inevitably invites comparison to his more famous brother, Alfred. Says the Dictionary of Literary Biography: "Their upbringing was the same; both were serious writers. Charles concentrated on one genre and earned the admiration of a few, while Alfred explored all sorts of poetic forms and became the most famous writer of the Victorian age."

Publications

 * Collected Sonnets Old and New. London: C. Kegan Paul, 1880. PR 5699 T7 Robarts Library.
 * Sonnets 1864.