Commemorative plaque 43886

This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of Sellwood House Home of Henry Sellwood, solicitor, and his wife Sarah, sister to Sir John Franklin, and their daughters Louise, wife of Charles Tennyson and Emily, wife of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Recorded plaque organisation: Horncastle History & Heritage Society.

Henry Sellwood was a solicitor whose family connections, particularly through his wife Sarah (sister to Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin) and his daughters married to the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson and his brother Charles, link him to notable figures in British literature and exploration.