Josslyn Francis Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster, (25 December 1834 – 30 March 1917) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Muncaster was the third son of Lowther Augustus John Pennington, 3rd Baron Muncaster, and his wife Frances Catherine, daughter of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet. On 21 January 1853, he purchased an ensigncy in the 90th Regiment of Foot. He was a captain in the

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and fought in the

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. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the

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on 1 November 1860, and 8 August 1868 he raised the 11th (Pocklington) Yorkshire (East Riding) Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1862 he succeeded his elder brother in the barony. As this was an

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it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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. Muncaster was instead elected to the

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for Cumberland West in 1872, a seat he held until 1880, and later represented

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from 1885 to 1892. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for

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and served as

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between 1876 and 1917. In 1898 he was created Baron Muncaster, of Muncaster in the County of Cumberland, in the

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, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. In 1870, he, his wife, and the rest of their travelling party were captured by bandits near

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. Lord and Lady Muncaster were freed to carry the demand for ransom; the Greek government sent troops to assault the bandits, who killed the other hostages before being overwhelmed. These events became known as the Dilessi murders. On 22 November 1871, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

. Part of his estate at Gillbrow near Lindal was leased to

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by the 4th Baronet. The remainder of the ore bearing ground was leased to Parkside Mining Company in 1878.The Lancashire and Westmorland Mineral Statistics, R Burt et al, University of Exeter and PDMHS, 1983 Lord Muncaster died in March 1917, aged 82, and all his titles became extinct.

Family

Lord Muncaster married Constance (b. 1839), daughter of Edmund L'Estrange, in 1863. They had no children. Lady Muncaster survived her husband by only four months and died in July 1917.

Legacy

St James' Church, Warter was built for Muncaster in 1862–1863.

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