Pentland

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Pentland may refer to:

[edit] Places

In Scotland:

• Pentland Firth, a strait between Orkney and Caithness in the far north
• Pentland Skerries, a group of islands lying in the Pentland Firth
• Pentland Hills, a range just south of Edinburgh in the south east
  • Pentland Rising, or Battle of Rullion Green, a key conflict in the development of Scottish Presbyterianism
• Edinburgh Pentlands, the name of two parliamentary constituencies

Elsewhere

• Pentland, Queensland, Australia
• Pentland Corners, Ontario, Canada, a community in Centre Wellington
• Pentland Township, Michigan, United States

[edit] People

• Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873), Irish geographer
• Baron Pentland, an extinct hereditary peerage in the UK
  • John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland (1860–1925), Scottish politician
  • Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (1907–1984)
• Alexander Pentland (1884–1983), Australian World War I flying ace
• Barbara Pentland (1912-2000), Canadian composer
• Fred Pentland (1883—1962), English footballer and manager
• Norman Pentland (1912–1972), British Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street
• Patrick Pentland (b. 1969), Irish musician and member of the Canadian rock band, Sloan

• Pentland Hick (b. 1919), British entrepreneur and author

[edit] Other

• Pentland (crater), on the moon
• Pentland Ferries which operates in the Pentland Firth
• Pentland Group plc, a privately held, global brand management company based in the UK
• Pentland's Tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii), a tropical bird