Penrhyn Quarry | Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn | Penrhyn Castle | Penrhyn Quarry | Baron Penrhyn |
His patrons included the Stradlings and the gentry families of Penrhyn, Bodfel, Bodeon, Glynllifon, Carreg, Cochwillan (near Bethesda), Plas Iolyn (near Ysbyty Ifan) and others.
Ten MPs are elected from constituencies on the main island of Rarotonga, three each from the islands of Aitutaki and Mangaia, two from Atiu, and one each from the islands of Manihiki, Mauke, Mitiaro, Penrhyn, Pukapuka and Rakahanga.
The quarry was first developed in the 1770s by Richard Pennant, later Baron Penrhyn although it is likely that small-scale slate extraction on the site began considerably earlier.
His father was the second son of William Ap Humfrey, of Penrhyn, Montgomeryshire.
He first settled in Penrhyn, the most Northern of the Cook Islands.
In 1765 Anne Susanna married the other heir to the Penrhyn estate, Richard Pennant, who later became the 1st Baron Penrhyn.