George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood

Marchwood

Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood KCVO JP (10 March 1876 – 1 January 1955), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life and education

Penny was the second son of Frederick James Penny of Bitterne, Hampshire and his wife Elizabeth Glover, a daughter of George Emerson Glover. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton.[1]

Business career

Penny was a senior partner in Fraser & Co., Government brokers, of Singapore, and formerly Managing Director of Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd, Penang. He represented the Federated Malay States Government in negotiations with Netherlands Indies Government at Bandoeng, Java, regarding liquidation of war (1914–1918) tin stocks.

Political career

Penny sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston-upon-Thames from 1922 until 1937. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the War Office in 1923 and as a Conservative Whip from 1926 to 1937, including as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1928 to 1929. He was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1931 to 1932, Comptroller of the Household from 1932 to 1935 and Treasurer of the Household from 1935 to 1937. From 1938 to 1946 he was Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party.[1]

Honours

Penny was appointed a Freeman of the City of London, and an Officer (1st Class) of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Johor. He was Master of Honourable Company of Master Mariners from 1941 to 1945. He was knighted in 1929,[2] created a Baronet, of Singapore and of Kingston-upon-Thames in the County of Surrey, in 1933,[3] and raised to the peerage as Baron Marchwood, of Penang and of Marchwood in the County of Southampton, in 1937.[4]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937 and made Viscount Marchwood, of Penang and of Marchwood in the County of Southampton, in the 1945 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[5]

Marriage and children

Penny married Anne Boyle Gunn, daughter of Sir John Gunn, on 20 July 1905. They had one child:[6]

Death

Lord Marchwood died on 1 January 1955 at the age of 78.

Arms

Shield of arms
Coat of arms of George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
Crest
Issuant from a circlet Or a demi-lion Gules collard Sable charged on the shoulder with a rose and holding in the dexter paw a fleur-de-lis Gold.
Escutcheon
Gules six fleurs-de-lis three two and one Or on a chief engrailed of the second three roses of the first barbed and seeded Proper.
Supporters
On the dexter side a Malayan tiger and on the sinister side a sea lion both Proper.
Motto
Semper Paratus [7]

References

  1. ^ a b Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, page 2614
  2. ^ "No. 33517". The London Gazette. 16 July 1929. p. 4700.
  3. ^ "No. 33951". The London Gazette. 20 June 1933. p. 4123.
  4. ^ "No. 34407". The London Gazette. 11 June 1937. p. 3750.
  5. ^ "No. 37287". The London Gazette. 28 September 1945. p. 4814.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames
1922 – 1937 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1931–1932 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Comptroller of the Household
1932–1935
Preceded by Treasurer of the Household
1935–1937 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Singapore and Kingston-upon-Thames )
1933–1955 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Viscount Marchwood
1945–1955 		Succeeded by
Baron Marchwood
1937–1955