Tennant, Stephen

Illustrator and author who associated with English artists and writers. Also known as The Honorable Stephen James Napier Tennant (1906-1987).

From the description of Papers, 1929-1977. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 35158547

Tennant was Siegfried Sassoon's lover and an intimate member of the "Bright Young Things" circle, which also included Cecil Beaton, the Mitfords, the Sitwells, Evelyn Waugh, etc. He was a model for Cedric Hampton in Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate and for Sebastian Flyte in Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. Philip Hoare wrote his biography (Serious Pleasures, Hamilton, 1990).

From the description of Collection of autograph letters : Wilsford Manor, Salisbury, to his nephew, Simon Blow, 1972-1985 and undated. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 717334747

Illustrator, author, poet, and companion of Siegfried Sassoon.

From the description of Papers, 1945-1953. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853353