Victoria Tennant

Tennant in 2010, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 30 September, 1950

Ethnicity:
*father – English, small amount of Scottish
*mother – Russian, as well as possibly part German

Victoria Tennant is a British film and television actress.

Her father, Cecil Gordon Tennant, was a British producer and talent agent, of English, and a small amount of Scottish, ancestry. Her mother, Irina Mikhailovna Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina, from St. Petersburg, with Russian, and likely some German, roots. Victoria is married to Kirk Justin Stambler, with whom she has two children.

Victoria’s paternal grandfather was Gilbert Edward Tennant (the son of Robert Tennant and Henrietta/Harriette Garnett). Gilbert was born in Old Hall, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire. Robert was the son of John Tennant Stansfield Tennant and Anne Catherine Shaw. Harriete was the daughter of Jeremiah Garnett.

Victoria’s paternal grandmother was Helen Daisy Garnett (the daughter of Thomas Garnett and Fanny Riley). Helen was born in Bingley, Yorkshire.

Victoria’s maternal grandfather was Mikhail Fedorovich Baronov (son of Fedor Petrovich Baronov and Varvara Antonovna Redinskaya). Mikhail was born in Smolensk. Fedor was the son of Petr Alekseevich Baronov.

Victoria’s maternal grandmother was Lydia Alexandrovna/Aleksandrovna Veshnyakova/Vishnyakova/Vishniakova (the daughter of Alexander Mikhailovich Vesnyakov/Vishniakov/Vishnyakov and Eugenia/Evgenia Engalicheva/Engalishcheva-Engels). Lydia was born in St. Petersburg. Engels is a German surname, and Eugenia went to a German school, which could mean that she also had German ancestry.

Sources: Interview with Victoria’s mother (in Russian) – http://bellezza-storia.livejournal.com

Genealogies of Victoria Tennant – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com