Arthur Pole Penton | |
|---|---|
 Pole Penton aloft a horse (left) delivering an address to personnel of the Second New Zealand Contingent that was about to depart for the Second Boer War in 1900 | |
| Born | 6 October 1854 |
| Died | 28 August 1920 (aged 65) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Artillery |
| Years of service | 1873–1920 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | New Zealand Defence Forces |
| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards |
* Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George* Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| Other work | Member of the Executive Council of Malta (1909–1920) |
Major-General Arthur Pole Penton CB CMG CVO (6 October 1854 – 28 August 1920) was a British officer in the Royal Artillery, and Commandant of the New Zealand Defence Forces from 1897 to 1901.[1][2]
- ^ ‘PENTON, Maj.-Gen. Arthur Pole’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 June 2013
- ^ "Obituary: Major-General A. P. Penton" The Times, 2 September 1920; pg. 13.