Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn

Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn (10 June 1864 – 22 August 1927), was a British Conservative politician.

A member of the Douglas family headed by the Earl of Morton, Penrhyn was the son of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, and his first wife Pamela Blanche, daughter of Sir Charles Rushout, 2nd Baronet. He entered Parliament for Northamptonshire South in the 1895 general election, a seat he held until 1900, when he was replaced by his brother-in-law Edward FitzRoy.

Douglas-Pennant served in Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry, and was on 13 January 1902 promoted to Major.^[1]

Lord Penrhyn married the Hon. Blanche Georgiana, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, in 1887. Their eldest son the Hon. Alan George Sholton Douglas-Pennant was killed in the First World War. Penrhyn died in August 1927, aged 63, and was succeeded in the barony by his second and only surviving son Hugh. Lady Penrhyn died in November 1944.

Notes

^ "No. 27400". The London Gazette. 24 January 1902.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Charles Guthrie	Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire South 1895–1900	Succeeded by Edward FitzRoy
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Sholto Douglas-Pennant	Baron Penrhyn 1907–1927	Succeeded by Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant

[1] "No. 27400". The London Gazette. 24 January 1902.

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