Wesley Pentland
Wesley Pentland (1929 – 23 September 2007) was a travel industry executive and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Pentland began his career at Portadown railway station, then owned and managed a series of travel agencies, in Belfast. He became President of ABTA (the Association of British Travel Agents) and Chairman of the Institute of Travel and Tourism in the 1980s.[1][2]
Pentland was a regular preacher for the Salvation Army for more than fifty years.[2] He was also active in the Democratic Unionist Party, and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, from North Down.[1]
References
- ^ a b Phil Davies, "Ex-ABTA president Wesley Pentland passes away", TravelMole, 25 September 2007
- ^ a b "Wesley Pentland remembered", Lurgan Mail, 27 September 2007