John Pennycuick (other)
John Pennycuick may refer to: * Brigadier John Pennycuick (brigadier) (1789–1849), British Army officer who died at the Battle of Chillianwalla in the Second Anglo-Sikh War * Colonel John Pennycuick (British engineer) (1841–1911), British Army engineer and civil servant, son of the brigadier * Sir John Pennycuick (judge) (1899–1982), English barrister and judge, son of the colonel * John Pennycuick (tennis), see 1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Sidney Wood was declared winner of the title by default over Frank Shields in capturing the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1931 Wimbledon Championships. Shields withdrew due to a knee injury sustained during his semifinal match against ...

John Pennycuick (brigadier)
Brigadier John Pennycuick CB, KH (28 October 1789 – 13 January 1849) was an officer in the British Army who served in Java, Burma, Aden, Afghanistan and India. He was born in Soilzarie in Perthshire and was killed at the Battle of Chillianwalla in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Early military career Pennycuick joined the Edinburgh militia as an ensign in 1806, and entered the regular army the following year as an ensign in the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot. He served in the Java Expedition in 1811, and was wounded in the siege of the fort at Meester Cornelis. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1812 and captain in 1821. He exchanged into the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1825 and fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1825 to 1826. Promotion to major He was promoted to major in 1834, but without a regimental posting, but joined the 17th Regiment of Foot as a major the following year. He became a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1837, and served in the ...
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John Pennycuick (British Engineer)
Colonel John Pennycuick CSI (15 January 1841 – 9 March 1911) was a British Army engineer and civil servant who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He undertook several irrigation works which included the masonry dam of Mullaperiyar on the Periyar River. Early life Pennycuick was born on 15 January 1841 at Pune, a younger son of Brigadier-General John Pennycuick and his wife Sarah. His father and eldest brother, Alexander, fought and died at the Battle of Chillianwalla in 1849. He was educated at Cheltenham College. Career Pennycuick entered the East India Company Military College at Addiscombe, Surrey, in 1857, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Madras Engineer Group in December 1858. He arrived in India on 11 November 1860. He became a Second Captain on 15 October 1870; and a major on 8 December 1876. He commanded H company at Zoulla during the Abyssinian campaign of 1868. He received a medal for his participation in the expedition. ...
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John Pennycuick (judge)
Sir John Pennycuick (6 November 1899 – 14 January 1982) was an English barrister and judge. He was a High Court judge from 1960 to 1974, and Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division from the recreation of the office in 1970 until 1974. Pennycuick was the only son of the British Army officer and engineer Colonel John Pennycuick, CSI (1841–1911). His father was the tenth of the eleven children of Brigadier John Pennycuick (1789–1849), who was killed in the Battle of Chillianwala in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and became a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards in 1919. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1925, where later he became a bencher in 1954 and was Treasurer in 1978. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1947. He was appointed as a High Court judge in 1960, in the Chancery Division, and received the customary knighthood. Pennycuick became the first modern Vice-Chancellor in July 1970 whe ...
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John Pennycuick (tennis)
John Pennycuick may refer to: * Brigadier John Pennycuick (brigadier) (1789–1849), British Army officer who died at the Battle of Chillianwalla in the Second Anglo-Sikh War * Colonel John Pennycuick (British engineer) (1841–1911), British Army engineer and civil servant, son of the brigadier * Sir John Pennycuick (judge) (1899–1982), English barrister and judge, son of the colonel * John Pennycuick (tennis), see 1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Sidney Wood was declared winner of the title by default over Frank Shields in capturing the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1931 Wimbledon Championships. Shields withdrew due to a knee injury sustained during his semifinal match against ...