Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.

Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet. Born in Somersby Lincolnshire he was an elder brother of Alfred Tennyson; his friendship and "heart union" with his greater brother is revealed in Poems by Two Brothers.

He married Louisa Sellwood the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; another poet brother was Frederick Tennyson. Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet.