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.

Pakenham was the son of General Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (1781–1850) and his wife, Emily, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer. His paternal grandfather was the 2nd Baron Longford.[2] From his father he inherited Langford Lodge in County Antrim, which later became RAF Langford Lodge.

Pakenham joined the British Army, becoming an officer in the Grenadier Guards in 1838,[3] and later rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[2]

At the 1852 general election, Pakenham was elected unopposed as one of the two MPs for Antrim.[3][4]

Pakenham was killed at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  2. 1 2 "Lt.-Col. Edward William Pakenham". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 19578. p. 98. 12 January 1838. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Nathaniel Alexander
Edmund Workman-Macnaghten		 Member of Parliament for Antrim
1852–1854
With: George Macartney		 Succeeded by
Thomas Pakenham
George Macartney


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