BORN JUNE 6, 1907, near London to Scottish parents, from the age of 5 to 12 Henry John Sinclair lived in India where his father served as governor general of Madras. At 18 he inherited the title of Lord Pentland and studied engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1929. After traveling widely, he entered the worlds of politics and business. In 1937 he met P.D. Ouspensky and quickly rose to a responsible position within Ouspensky's groups sometimes deputizing for him. He studied with Ouspensky and Mme Ouspensky at Lyne Place outside London and later, when the Ouspenskys moved to America, at their estate in Mendham, New Jersey. In 1948 he went to Paris to meet G.I. Gurdjieff, who appointed him to lead the work in America. He played an instrumental part in the founding of the Gurdjieff Foundation, which opened in New York in 1953. Lord Pentland became its first president, a post he held until his death February 14, 1984. He established groups in many cities in America and had hundreds of students, among whom was William Patrick Patterson whose book Eating The "I" gives a detailed picture of this remarkable man. A number of Lord John Pentland's meetings have been gathered together in Exchanges Within.