Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet?

Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet, KCB, FRS was a British naval architect and engineer. As Director of Naval Construction for the Royal Navy, 1912–1924, he was responsible for the design and construction of some of the most famous British warships. On 20 February 1915 Winston Churchill appointed him Chairman of the Landships Committee at the Admiralty, which was responsible for the design and production of the first military tanks to be used in warfare.

D'Eyncourt was grandson of the politician Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt, who was uncle of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Thus Eustace was also nephew of Admiral Edwin Tennyson d’Eyncourt.