| The Right HonourableThe Lord PenrhynDSO MBE | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 3 February 1967 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Penrhyn |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Malcolm Frank Douglas-Pennant 11 July 1908 |
| Died | 8 November 2003(2003-11-08) (aged 95) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Colonel Malcolm Frank Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn, DSO, MBE (11 July 1908 – 8 November 2003), was a Welsh peer, soldier, rifleman, and farmer, and the second son of Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn.
Life
Penrhyn was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before joining the 60th Rifles in 1929. He served in India and Burma before working with the Free French forces in North Africa during the Second World War. Douglas-Pennant was awarded an MBE for his involvement in the invasion of Sicily. After the war, he stayed on in Germany until 1948 and spent the rest of his military career training soldiers to fire rifles accurately. He was a noted sharpshooter, and was on the House of Lords shooting team. His older brother predeceased both him and his father without male issue. His father was 101 years and 74 days when he died on 3 February 1967 and was then the oldest ever hereditary peer, a record that was not surpassed until the death of the seventh Viscount St Vincent in September 2006. After Lord Penhryn too died without male issue (he had two daughters), the Penrhyn barony passed to his nephew.
Notes
- Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
- "Colonel the Lord Penrhyn". 9 December 2003.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byFrank Douglas-Pennant | Baron Penrhyn 1967–2003} Member of the House of Lords (1967–1999) |
Succeeded bySimon Douglas-Pennant |
- 1908 births
- 2003 deaths
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- King's Royal Rifle Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Eton College
- Barons Penrhyn
- Douglas-Pennant family
- Younger sons of barons
- Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999