Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
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Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (20 June 1800-31 March 1886) was a landowner who played a major part in the development of the Welsh slate industry.
He was born Edward Gordon Douglas, a member of the Scottish Douglas family. He inherited the Penrhyn estate near Bangor in north-west Wales through his father-in-law, Richard Pennant, and changed his name to Douglas-Pennant by royal warrant in 1841. He was Member of Parliament for Caernarfonshire for a quarter of a century. In 1866 he was created 1st Baron Penrhyn. Douglas-Pennant, usually referred to as "Lord Penrhyn", was the owner of the Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda, Wales, which under his ownership developed into one of the two largest slate quarries in the world.
Douglas-Pennant died in 1886 and was succeeded by his son, George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn.
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- Dictionary of Welsh Biography
| Preceded by: New creation |
Baron Penrhyn 1866–1886 |
Succeeded by: George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant |
