Family History
Great Great Grandparents
I am gradually researching the lives of my eight great-great-grandfathers.
Memoirs and Biographies
Seaton Phillips (my father) has published two volumes of memoirs:
– A Family in Africa
– From South Wales to New South Wales by Train
W.L.C. Phillips (my grandfather) wrote his memoirs of 1895-1925, which I have published.
– My First Thirty Years
David E.T. Pennant (my grandfather) wrote two volumes of memoirs (printed privately)
– Pennant Papers
– Insects in Amber (with Pyers Pennant)
I have published biographies of my great-great-grandfathers:
– Thomas Phillips and Richard Laybourne
Other Family History Links
Research by my uncle David Pennant:
– David E.T. Pennant (my grandfather) photo gallery and newspaper cuttings
– Sir John Stainer (my great-great-grandfather) organist of St Paul’s London and then Professor of Music at Oxford.
– Pennant Notes (1996, privately printed) to accompany Pennant Family Tree
– Other family history featuring the surnames Pearson, Pennant, Rogers, Rhys, Margetson, Cecil, Oldroyd, Mallam, Spearing, Randall and Bessant.
Pennant family paintings and photos by my second cousin Stephen Pennant:
– Pennant line to 1850s
– Pennants 1850 – 1945
Get in Touch
If your family history overlaps with mine, I’d be very interested to hear from you and to compare notes.