Peter George Penny, 2nd Viscount Marchwood (7 November 1912 - 6 April 1979) was a British soldier, businessman and

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who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 1955 to 1979.

Early life and education

Lord Marchwood was the only son of

George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood (10 March 1876 – 1 January 1955), was a British Conservative Party politician. Background and education The second son of Frederick James Penny, of Bitterne, Hampshire, George Penny was educated ...

. He was educated at Winchester College. He succeeded to the viscountcy and other titles upon his father's death on 1 February 1955. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Military service

Marchwood was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a

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, rising to the rank of

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during the Second World War.

Business career

Marchwood was later a director of George Wimpey and chairman and managing director of Vine Products.'' Burke's Peerage'', volume 2, 2003, page 2614

Marriage and children

Marchwood married Pamela Colton-Fox on 30 July 1935. They had three children:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 * David George Staveley Penny, 3rd Viscount Marchwood (22 May 1936 - 3 October 2022) *

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Patrick Glyn Staveley Penny (3 July 1939 - 10 September 2010) * Hon Carol Ann Penny (born 30 August 1948)

Death

Lord Marchwood died in 1979, at the age of 66, and was succeeded in the viscountcy and other titles by his elder son, David.

Notes

{{reflist 1912 births 1979 deaths People educated at Winchester College Royal Artillery officers 2 British Army personnel of World War II