Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.” “Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. “It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22 December 2020,” the statement read. The news of Tennant’s untimely death was confirmed earlier today in a statement released by her family-including her husband, the French photographer David Lasnet, and her four children, Marcel, Cecily, Jasmine, and Iris-who asked for their privacy to be respected. While Tennant was first known for her signature tousled pixie haircut, androgynous features, and commanding six-foot-tall presence-as well as her longstanding creative relationships with fashion legends from Steven Meisel to Karl Lagerfeld-her passion for sculpture, environmental causes, and her home country of Scotland were what eventually became closest to her heart. Sydney was the daughter of Thomas Gibson Bowles, MP, and of Jessica Evans-Gordon.Stella Tennant, the iconic British model famed for her statuesque beauty and inimitable personal style, has passed away at the age of 50. The 2nd Baron Redesdale was the son of Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, and of Lady Clementina/Clementine Gertrude Helen Ogilvy. Stella’s grandmother Deborah was born in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, and was one of the well-known aristocratic siblings the Mitford sisters. Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire (the daughter of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and of Sydney Bowles). Stella’s maternal grandmother was the Hon. Stella’s great-grandmother Lady Mary Alice was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, the daughter of James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, and of Lady Cicely Alice Gore, Marchioness of Salisbury whose own father was Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands. The 10th Duke of Devonshire was born in Park Lane, Westminster, Middlesex, England, the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and of Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-FitzMaurice, Duchess of Devonshire. Stella’s maternal grandfather was Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, and of Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil, Duchess of Devonshire). Phyllis was the daughter of English parents, Robert Pryor, who was born in Roehampton, Surrey, and Matilda Mary Eyre, who was born in Warwickshire. Evelyn George Harcourt Powell and Phyllis Olive Barbara Pryor). Stella’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Powell (the daughter of Lt.-Col. Percy Scawen Wyndham and Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell, who herself was born in Dublin, Ireland. Stella’s great-grandmother Viscountess Grey was born at Clouds House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the daughter of Hon. The 1st Baron Glenconner was the son of Sir Charles Clow Tennant of The Glen, 1st Bt., who was born in Traquair, Scottish Borders and of Emma Winsloe, who was born in Somerset, England. The 2nd Baron Glenconner was born in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. Stella’s paternal grandfather was Sub-Lieutenant Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner (the son of Edward Priaulx Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner, and of Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Wyndham, Viscountess Grey of Fallodon). Stella was married to French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet, with whom she had four children. She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David Freeman-Mitford. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders.
Stella was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the daughter of Lady Emma Cavendish and The Hon. Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. Place of Death: Duns, Scottish Borders, ScotlandĮthnicity: English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, Welsh, distant French Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.