English poet and author, born in 1837. He entered the public service about 1853, and after serving in various departments of the admiralty, was appointed one of the inspectors of fisheries in 1866. In January 1875, he was selected by the English government, at the request of the Khedive of Egypt, to initiate and assist in carrying out commercial reforms in Egypt, and was afterward nominated director-general of commerce for the interior. Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell made his first mark in literature in Puck on Pegasus (1861)—a book which attracted considerable notice and has since gone through many editions. His other poetical works are Crescent; Modern Babylon; The Muses of Mayfair; and Pegasus Re-saddled. During 1864–65 he edited the Fisherman’s Magazine and Review, and contributed to the literature and practice of angling and ichthyology a number of successful works, including The Angler-Naturalist (1864); The Book of the Pike (1866); Modern Practical Angler (1873); The Sporting Fish of Great Britain (1886); Modern Improvements in Fishing-Tackle and Fish-Hooks (1887); etc.
