John Penn (Conservative politician)

For the Anglo-American John Penn (1760-1834), MP for Helston 1802-3, see John Penn (writer).

For other people named John Penn, see John Penn (disambiguation).

John Penn (30 March 1848 – 21 November 1903) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.^[1]

Penn in 1895.

John Penn was the eldest son of the marine engineer John Penn. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] Though he managed his father's firm, John Penn and Sons, he was not trained as an engineer.^[3] He was apparently "one of the best-known Parliamentary golfers, having a fine private course at Archerfield, North Berwick".^[2]