Baron Penrhyn

Baron Penrhyn is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1783 in favour of Richard Pennant, who had previously served as a Member of Parliament for Petersfield and Liverpool. This creation became extinct on his death in 1808. The next creation came in 1866 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom when the Conservative politician Edward Douglas-Pennant was created Baron Penrhyn, of Llandegai in the County of Carnarvon. He had previously represented Carnarvon in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire. He was granted the estate of his father-in-law (a cousin and heir of the first Baron of the 1783 creation) on the condition that he accepted his wife's maiden name, Pennant. Lord Penrhyn was the younger brother of The 17th Earl of Morton. In 1833 he had married Juliana Isabella Mary Pennant (died 1842), eldest daughter and co-heiress of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant of Penrhyn Castle and in 1841 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Pennant.

Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, with a deputation of quarrymen from the Penrhyn Quarry

Lord Penrhyn was succeeded by his eldest son George Sholto, the second Baron. He also represented Carnarvon in Parliament as a Conservative. On his death the title passed to his son Edward Sholto, the third Baron. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Northampton South. He was succeeded by his son Hugh Napier, the fourth Baron. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire from 1933 to 1941. On his death in 1949 the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the fifth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant, second son of the first Baron. Lord Penrhyn was 101 years and 74 days when he died on 3 February 1967 and was then the oldest ever peer. This record was not surpassed until the death of the seventh Viscount St Vincent in September 2006. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baron. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's nephew, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2003.

Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry, wife of the Hon. Edward FitzRoy, Speaker of the House of Commons, was the sister of the fifth Baron Penrhyn. The Douglas family of the second creation are the same of the same lineage as the Marquesses of Queensberry (note the appearance of the middle name Sholto in both families) and are also related to the later Earls of Home.

Barons Penrhyn, first creation (1783)

Barons Penrhyn, second creation (1866)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant (born 1966).

Male-line family tree
Male-line family tree, Barons Penrhyn.
Edward Douglas-Pennant
1st Baron Penrhyn
1800–1886
George Douglas-Pennant
2nd Baron Penrhyn
1836–1907		Lt Col. Hon.
Archibald Douglas-Pennant
1837–1884
Edward Douglas-Pennant
3rd Baron Penrhyn
1864–1927		Capt. Hon.
George Douglas-Pennant
1876–1915		Hon.
Charles Douglas-Pennant
1877–1914		Frank Douglas-Pennant
5th Baron Penrhyn
1865–1967
Lt. Hon.
Alan Douglas-Pennant
1890–1914		Hugh Douglas-Pennant
4th Baron Penrhyn
1894–1949		Adm. Hon.
Cyril Douglas-Pennant
1894–1961		Malcolm Douglas-Pennant
6th Baron Penrhyn
1908–2003		Maj. Hon.
Nigel Douglas-Pennant
1909–2000
Simon Douglas-Pennant
7th Baron Penrhyn
born 1938
Hon.
Edward Douglas-Pennant
born 1966

See also

Notes

    References
    • Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
    • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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