William Henry Pennington, also known as W. H. Pennington (26 January 1833 – 1 May 1923) was a soldier in the British Army who during the Crimean War took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. On leaving the Army he became a Shakespearean actor and in 1870 was the lessee and manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre. After a performance in Hamlet he became known as 'Gladstone's Favourite Tragedian'.[1][2]
- ^ Roy Dutton, Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade, InfoDial Ltd (2007) - Google Books pgs. 180-181
- ^ Glenn Christodoulou, 'Forgotten Men of the Light Brigade' - The War Correspondent: Journal of the Crimean War Research Society (October 1986)