title: Percy Sargood
text: # Percy Sargood
  
  Sir Percy Rolfe Sargood (1865–1940) was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1865.
  
  In the 1935 New Year Honours, Sargood was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for public services. He was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2011.
  
  