Arrest made in connection with murder of Tennyson’s gay great-grandson
by Matt | December 29th, 2005 |
According to an article published by The Times (London, UK), an arrest has been mad ein connection with the murder of Hallam Tennyson, the gay great-grandson of the Victorian age poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Beryl Hallam Augustine Tennyson, known as Hallam to friends and family and aged 85 years, was found brutaly stabbed to death in his home in Highgate on December 21. He had several stab wounds and serious head injuries.
Police, who described the act as a brutal offense against an elderly and vulnerable man, had appealed for help in the case from the community.
According to the article:
Mr Tennyson was named after his great grandfather’s close friend, the writer Arthur Hallam. The death of Hallam prompted the elegiac, mournful sequence In Memoriam, which was published in 1850, the year that Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria.
Today the Metropolitan Police said in a statement that a man was being questioned at a West London police station in connection with the murder.
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Matt, 21, is an LGBT activist and youth advocate working mainly within the cities of Greensboro & Winston-Salem and the State of North Carolina. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14, now currently serving as the Executive Director/Co-founder of Activate! - The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition.
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