Editing Stephen Tennant (section)

{{short description|British aristocrat and socialite}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Honourable]]
| name               = Stephen Tennant
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| birth_name         = Stephen James Napier Tennant
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1906|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Wilsford cum Lake]], [[Wiltshire]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1987|2|28|1906|4|21|df=y}}
| death_place        = Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire, England
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| known_for          = One of the "[[Bright young things|Bright Young Things]]"
| partner            = [[Siegfried Sassoon]] (1927–1933)
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| mother             = [[Pamela Wyndham]]
| father             = [[Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner]]
| relatives          = {{Plainlist|
**[[Margot Asquith|Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith]] (paternal aunt)
*[[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon]] (stepfather)
*[[Edward Tennant (poet)|Edward Tennant]] (brother)
*[[David Tennant (aristocrat)|David Tennant]] (brother)
*[[Emma Tennant]] (niece)
*[[Stella Tennant]] (great-niece)
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'''Stephen James Napier Tennant''' (21 April 1906 – 28 February 1987) was a British [[socialite]] known for his [[decadent]], eccentric lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ash |first=John |date=1991-02-03 |title=The outrageous Stephen Tennant |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1991/02/03/the-outrageous-stephen-tennant/6fde8a4d-a81d-45be-8d9f-428ed69c854f/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/03/books/the-man-who-stayed-in-bed.html | title=The Man Who Stayed in Bed | work=The New York Times | date=3 February 1991 | last1=Waters | first1=John }}</ref> He was a central member of the socialite group referred to as "[[Bright young things|Bright Young Things]]" by the tabloid press of the time. Tennant was noted for his affected demeanor, appearance and behaviours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garman |first=Emma |date=2020-05-12 |title=The Great Writer Who Never Wrote |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/05/12/the-great-writer-who-never-wrote/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Paris Review |language=en}}</ref>