Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington

Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington OBE (12 January 1930 – 9 January 2021), also known as Patrick of the Hills was a British farmer, poet, and landowner. He resided in Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass. He served as Hill Farming Convenor of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland (NFU), Chairman of the Deer Commission for Scotland, Convenor of the Scottish Landowners Federation, County Chairman of the Cumbrian NFU, and an appointed member of the Lake District Special Planning Board. He was awarded the MBE and later the OBE for his services to agriculture. Life Patrick Gordon-Duff was born in January 1930 and grew up in Moray, Scotland. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. After university, he joined the Cameron Highlanders. He carried the Regimental Colours at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Parade.