Edward William Pakenham

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Pakenham (September 1819 – 5 November 1854)[1] was an Irish soldier and Conservative Party politician from County Antrim. He served for two years as a Member of Parliament (MP), until his death in the Crimean War.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Pakenham
Member of Parliament for Antrim
In office 1852–1854 Serving with George Macartney
Preceded by	Nathaniel Alexander Edmund Workman-Macnaghten
Succeeded by	Thomas Pakenham George Macartney
Personal details
Born	September 1819
Died	5 November 1854 (aged 35) Inkerman, Turkey
Political party	Conservative
Relations	Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (grandfather)
Parents	Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham Emily Stapleton
Residence	Langford Lodge

Early life

Pakenham was the eldest son of Emily (née Stapleton) Pakenham and Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (1781–1850),[2] a lieutenant-general of the British Army who served as aide-de-camp to King William IV.[3] From his father, he inherited Langford Lodge in County Antrim, which later became RAF Langford Lodge.[4]

His mother was the fourth daughter of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Baronet, 12th Baron le Despencer.[5] His paternal grandfather was Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford and, the former, Hon. Catherine Rowley (a daughter of Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford and Hercules Langford Rowley, MP.[2] His aunt, Catherine was the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.[6] His uncle Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford married Lady Georgiana Lygon (a daughter of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp). Another uncle, Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham, served as MP for Longford Borough and was killed in action at the Battle of New Orleans.[5] His uncle, Very Rev. Hon. Henry Pakenham was the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, and his aunt, Hon. Caroline Penelope Pakenham, married Henry Hamilton (eldest son of Sackville Hamilton).[5]

Career

Pakenham joined the British Army, becoming an officer in the Grenadier Guards in 1838,[7] and later rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[4]

At the 1852 general election, Pakenham was elected unopposed as one of the two MPs for Antrim.[8][9]

Pakenham was killed in Inkerman, Turkey at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War in 1854.[10] His brother, Robert, at the relief of Lucknow in 1857.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
2. Lodge, Edmund (1872). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing ... Hurst & Blackett. p. 362. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. Chichester, Henry Manners (1895). "Pakenham, Hercules Robert". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 9 December 2013. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
4. "Lt.-Col. Edward William Pakenham". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
5. "Longford, Earl of (I, 1785)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
6. Pakenham, Eliza. Tom, Ned and Kitty: An Intimate Portrait of an Irish Family. Phoenix, 2008.
7. "No. 19578". The London Gazette. 12 January 1838. p. 98.
8. "No. 21354". The London Gazette. 31 August 1852. p. 2361.
9. Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 248. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.
10. "Irish Officers at Inkerman". Dublin Evening Mail (5607). 27 November 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward William Pakenham