PENNINGTON, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, brother of Henry Francis Dumaresque Pennington (qv); b. 17 Jul 1856; adm. 24 Sep 1868; left Aug 1869; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1870-3; went to China.
PENNINGTON, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1568 (tutor, Prebendary Freake) (Chapter Muniments 54017-8).
Penn-Gaskell, William, eldest son of Peter Penn-Gaskell, of Shanagarry, co. Cork; b. Nov. g, 1871; adm. from Rugby April 29, 1886 (H); left July 1889; went to Chile; returned home Feb. 1915; temp. Capt. 25th (Service) Batt. the Manchester Regt. Feb. 22, 1915; killed in action Oct. 12, 1916.
Penn-Gaskell, Harold, second son of Thomas Penn-Gaskell, M.lnst.C.E., of Wandsworth; b. Sept. 20, 1884; adm. April 23, 1896 (G); left May 1897; m. July 11, 1914, Winifred Alice, second daughter of William Hicks.
Penney, Reginald John, son of Herbert Gillies Penney of Croydon and Charlotte Sarah, d. of Robert Affleck of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 22 May 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (R); left July 1935; Roy. West Kent Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); Asst Principal Air Ministry 1950, Principal 1951, Asst Sec. 1956; financial adviser Far East Air Force 1960-3; Asst Under-Sec. of State Min. of Defence 1964-73, retd 1973; m. 19 Apr. 1941 Eileen Marguerite, d. of Robert Gardiner of Hockley, Essex; d. 16 June 2001.
PENNE, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1733; left 1738.
PENNE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
PENNANT, EDWARD, son of Edward Pennant, Bagillt, Flintshire, and Mary, dau. of George Waterman, Barbados, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 14) Mar 1742/3 (Durand's); left 1745; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 May 1746; adm. Middle Temple 19 Apr 1746; High Sheriff, Flintshire 1753; travelling in Italy 1765, 1773; d. unm. at Marseilles, France 2 Mar 1778.
PENN, WILLIAM, son of William Penn, and Mary, dau. of Charles Jones, Bristol, merchant ; grandson of William Penn, founder, proprietor and first Governor of Pennsylvania, North America ; b. 21 March 1702/3 ; at school under Knipe and/or Freind ; inherited the Penn family estates in Co.Cork, Ireland ; of Ballyphehane, co.Cork ; a member of the Society of Friends ; correspondence exchanged between him and Robert Clayton (Min.Can.1710, qv) on the subject of baptism between January 1738/9 and May 1739 includes a statement by Clayton, at that time Bishop of Cork, in a letter dated 12 March 1738/9, that “your education at Westminster School will enable you to take the force of this argument [on the meaning of the words ‘eis to onoma” in St.Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, i, 13] which would be lost on almost all your fraternity” (Letters which passed between the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of Corke, now Lord Bishop of Clogher, and Mr.William Penn, concerning Baptism, 1756, 27) ; m.1st, 7 Dec 1732 Christian, dau. of Alexander Forbes, London, merchant ; m.2nd, 13 Feb 1736/7 Isabella, dau. of Isaac Vaux, London ; d. 6 Feb 1746/7.