Pentland may refer to:

Places

In Scotland: *

Pentland Firth The Pentland Firth ( gd, An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. Despite the name, it is not a firth. Etymology The name is presumed to be a corrup ...

, a strait between Orkney and Caithness in the far north * Pentland Skerries, a group of islands lying in the Pentland Firth *

Pentland Hills The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around in length, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale. Etymology The name is first recorded for the farm of Pentla ...

, a range just south of Edinburgh in the south east ** Pentland Rising, or Battle of Rullion Green, a key conflict in the development of Scottish Presbyterianism * Edinburgh Pentlands (disambiguation), the name of two parliamentary constituencies Elsewhere: *

Pentland, Queensland Pentland is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pentland had a population of 306 people. Geography Pentland is located between Charters Towers and Hughenden. In the east, a ...

, Australia * Pentland Corners, Ontario, Canada, a community in Centre Wellington * Pentland, California, United States * Pentland Township, Michigan, United States

People with the surname

* Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873), Irish geographer *

Baron Pentland Baron Pentland, of Lyth in the County of Caithness, was title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1909 for the Scottish Liberal politician John Sinclair. He later served as Governor of Madras. Lord Pentland was the son of C ...

, extinct hereditary peerage in the UK **

John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, (7 July 1860 – 11 January 1925) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and the Governor of M ...

(1860–1925), Scottish politician ** Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (1907–1984) * Alexander Pentland (1884–1983), Australian World War I flying ace *

Alex Pentland Alex Paul "Sandy" Pentland (born 1951) is an American computer scientist, the Toshiba Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, and serial entrepreneur. Education Pentland received his bachelor's degree from the University of M ...

(born 1951), MIT Professor and entrepreneur *

Barbara Pentland Barbara Pentland C.M. (2 January 1912 – 5 February 2000) was one of the pre-eminent members of the generation of Canadian composers who came to artistic maturity in the years following World War Two. Life and career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba ...

(1912–2000), Canadian composer *

Fred Pentland Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland (29 July 1883 – 16 March 1962) was an English football player and coach. Pentland played club football in the Football League for Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough, in the Southern Football League f ...

(1883–1962), English footballer and manager *

Norman Pentland Norman Pentland (9 September 1912 – 28 October 1972) was a British Labour Member of Parliament. Pentland was educated at Fatfield County School, then in 1926 became a miner, based at the Harraton Colliery. In 1949, he was elected as a c ...

(1912–1972), British Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street * Patrick Pentland (born 1969), Irish musician and member of the Canadian rock band, Sloan * Robert Pentland, American politician

People with the given name

* Pentland Hick (born 1919), British entrepreneur and author

Other uses

* Pentland (crater), on the moon *

Pentland Ferries Pentland Ferries is a privately owned, family company which has operated a ferry service between Gills Bay in Caithness, Scotland and St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay in Orkney since May 2001. The company is one of only two major veh ...

which operates in the Pentland Firth *

Pentland Group Pentland Group is a British privately owned global company that owns and invests in, primarily, retail and wholesale businesses in the sports, outdoor and sports fashion sectors. The Group is the majority shareholder of JD Sports, which operate ...

plc, a privately held, global brand management company based in the UK * Lord Pentland (judicial title) (born 1957), Senator of the College of Justice (Scotland) {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname