John Penn (Conservative politician)

For the Anglo-American John Penn (1760-1834), MP for Helston 1802-3, see John Penn (writer).
For other people named John Penn, see John Penn (disambiguation).

Penn in 1895.

John Penn (30 March 1848 – 21 November 1903) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.[1]

John Penn was the eldest son of the marine engineer John Penn. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Though he managed his father's firm, John Penn and Sons, he was not trained as an engineer.[3] He was apparently "one of the best-known Parliamentary golfers, having a fine private course at Archerfield, North Berwick".[2]

  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  2. ^ a b "Penn, John (PN865J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Andrew Lambert, ‘Penn, John (1805–1878)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Jan 2009