Emilia Tennyson (1811-1887), known simply as Emily within her family, was a younger sister of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the fiancée of Arthur Henry Hallam, for whom Tennyson's great poem, In Memoriam A.H.H., was written. Emilia met Hallam through her brother, but they were never to marry, as he died suddenly while traveling abroad in 1833. She later married Richard Jesse, and their elder son was given the forenames Arthur Henry Hallam.
References
- Christopher Ricks, "Tennyson, Alfred, first Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 19 Dec 2005
