William Penny, born 1863 at Penrose, Masterton, was a sheep farmer in the Wairarapa and Manawatu Districts. He was an acknowledged authority on sheep breeding and Lincoln and Romney sheep breeds, and was successful in the show ring. Penny was the Secretary of the A. and P. Association (1911-34), served on the Farmers Union and Meat Control Board, was Director of the Wairarapa Frozen Meat Company (1923), President of the Royal Agricultural Socitey (1924) and a Justice of the Peace. See A. G. Bradfield, The Precious Years, pp.85-88.

William Thomas Penny
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2013N_Pi15_007431
- Title
- William Thomas Penny
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- circa 1911
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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