William Penny

In 1832 he served as mate on the whaler Traveller under Captain George Simpson in Lancaster Sound and Baffin Bay.

[2] By 1839 he was master of the whaler Neptune and was again in Baffin Bay searching for a whale-rich inlet called Tenudiakbeek, eventually locating in July and renaming it Hogarth's Sound.

In 1847 he commanded the whaler St Andrew in Baffin Bay and began a search for the Franklin's lost expedition but failed to get through Lancaster Sound.

[2][3] In 1850/51, with the financial support of Lady Franklin, he returned in a more official capacity, searching in the Jones Sound and Wellington Channel and beyond Cape Walker.

The grave lies west of the church and is marked by an obelisk relating his connection to the search for Franklin.

The Penny Ice Cap in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada is named for him.