| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1870 | 506 | 1741 | (84) | 10 |  
  | 1871 | 555 | 1740 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1872 | 581 | 1740 | (96) | 2 |  
  | 1873 | 610 | 1733 | (103) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 672 | 1727 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 721 | 1721 | (114) | 2 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Penny, Henry Francis |  
   | Born: 1807 |  
   | Died: 1881 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Full name and birth and death dates from Steve Mann (personal communication). Date of baptism was 5-07-1807, so date of birth was before that. Not related to another 'Henry F. Penny' from Hull, son of William Hughes Penny. The Field of 24 Apr. 1875 has 'F.H. Penny'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 64, 76 |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 966 |  
   | Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 107 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 25, Jan. 1861, page 6 |  
   | [Dial], 18 Jan. 1861 |  
   | [Fld], 24 Apr. 1875 |  
   | [LiM], no. 4316, 11 Dec. 1861, page 7 |  |  |