Sir Lord William Penney OM KBE FRS FRSE
(1909-1991)
mathematical physicist, public servant, Rector of Imperial College, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1946), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1946-1952), Knight of the British Empire (from 1952), 1st Baron Penney (from 1967), and Order of Merit recipient (from 1969)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
William Penney 1909–1991 Baron Penney of East Hendred OM mathematical physicist, public servant, Rector of Imperial College lived here 1963-1991
Orchard House, Cat Street, East Hendred, United Kingdom where they lived