Colonel Malcolm Frank Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn DSO

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(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

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and the

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, before joining the

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in 1929. He served in

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and

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before working with the Free French forces in North Africa during the

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. Douglas-Pennant was awarded an MBE for his involvement in the invasion of

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. After the war, he stayed on in

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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

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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 Malcolm too died without male issue (he had two daughters), the title of Lord Penrhyn passed to his nephew.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penrhyn, Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron 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 6

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Younger sons of barons

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