Group Captain John Edward Tennant DSO MC (12 October 1890 – 7 August 1941) was a British airman, explorer, banker and Liberal Party politician.
He was mentioned in dispatches five times, he was awarded the Military Cross, Bt Major in Army, Distinguished Service Order and the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
He was shot down and captured by the Turks while in Mesopotamia, but rescued four days later by armoured cars.
He carried out Shikar expeditions up the White Nile, in India, and the Sinai Peninsula.
In 1926 Tennant became prospective Liberal candidate for the Moray and Nairn division[4] and contested the 1929 General Election in which he came third; He did not stand for parliament again.