George Saxby Penfold

George Saxby Penfold (1769 – 13 October 1846) was a Church of England clergyman, Rector of several parishes and active as a visiting preacher.

In May of that year, in its series of "Sketches of Popular Preachers", The European Magazine published an article on Penfold in which "Criticus" noted his strong and weak points as a speaker,[4] including the assertions – His sermons are marked by a decided inequality in merit; the language is sometimes very indifferent, the arrangement confused, and the conception commonplace... His sermons on the Sabbath display, in vivid colours, the mischiefs consequent on the neglect of this sacred and important institution...

He never in any of his sermons rises to the highest scale of excellence, nor sinks to so low a point as to excite dissatisfaction or disgust; they are distinguished by a pleasing mediocrity.

[4]On 27 July 1823, Penfold preached a sermon at the St Pancras New Church for the benefit of the Middlesex Hospital.

[1][6] In 1828, Penfold repeated the challenge of establishing a new parish when he was appointed as the first Rector of the newly built Trinity Church, Marylebone.

[13] Penfold's widow died in December 1856 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery,[8] although she had said in her will of 1853 that she wished to join her husband's remains in Trinity Church.