Ross Grange Penlington (; 3 March 1931 – 2001) was a former Court of Appeal Judge in Hong Kong. He was also the Commanding Officer of the

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF) was a Hong Kong Government department based in Hong Kong. It was formed as an air force in 1949 as part of the Hong Kong Defence Force. In preparation for the transfer of sovereignty from the Uni ...

from 1975 – 1983. Penlington was later appointed to be the Honorary Air Commodore of the Force. Penlington was born on 3 March 1931 in

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, New Zealand. His father was Cedric Grange Penlington and his mother was Elsie May (). He received his education at Elmwood Primary School, Christ's College, and the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

; he graduated with an LLB in 1955. Justice Peter Penlington KC (born 1932), also from Christchurch, is his second cousin. As the Chairman of the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority in the later 1970s and early 1980s, he had presided over licensing applications which involved BCAL, Cathay, BA, Laker. He was generally recognised in the industry that his judgements were entirely fair and wise. He retired in 1995 and returned to New Zealand, settling in

Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, in the central North Island. It is the largest urban area of the Taupō District, and the second-largest urban area in the Wai ...

. When he died in 2001, he was survived by his wife and their two daughters.

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People from Taupō