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The title was first bestowed upon Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1677, with remainder to his younger brother Ambrose. He had previously represented

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in the

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and had already been created Viscount Longford in the Peerage of Ireland in 1675, with similar remainder. He was succeeded according to the special remainder (and, normally, in the barony) by his brother Ambrose, the second Earl. On his death in 1706 all the titles became extinct. The title of Baron Aungier of Longford was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1621 for the first Earl's grandfather Sir Francis Aungier,

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. The latter was succeeded by his eldest son Gerald, the second Baron, who in his turn was succeeded by his nephew, the aforementioned third Baron and first Earl of Longford, the eldest son of Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, second son of the first Baron.

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, brother of the first Earl, was

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. Alice Aungier, sister of the first and second Earl of Longford, married Sir James Cuffe,

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for

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. Their son Francis Cuffe also represented County Mayo in the Irish Parliament. Francis's son

Michael Cuffe Michael Cuffe (1694 – 24 July 1744) was an Irish Member of Parliament. The son of Francis Cuffe by his wife Honora, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle, his paternal grandmother was the sister of Francis Aungier, 1st Earl of Longford. Mi ...

sat as Member of Parliament for

and Longford Borough. Michael's daughter Elizabeth Cuffe married Thomas Pakenham, of Pakenham Hall, just outside

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, in 1739. Thomas represented Longford Borough in the

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. In 1756 the Longford title held by his wife's ancestors was revived when he was raised to the

as Baron Longford, in the County of Longford. In 1785 the earldom was also revived when Elizabeth was created Countess of Longford in her own right in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Longford was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He represented Longford County in the Irish Parliament. He died aged only 49 and was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. In 1794 the third baron also succeeded his grandmother as second Earl of Longford. Lord Longford sat in the

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as one of the 28 original

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. In 1821 he was created Baron Silchester, of Silchester in the County of Southampton, in the

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, which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a

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politician and served under the

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and

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from 1866 to 1868. His son, the fifth Earl, was

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from 1887 to 1915. Lord Longford was killed in action at

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in 1915. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Earl. He was a minor playwright and poet and also sat as a member of

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between 1946 and 1948. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Earl. He was a prominent

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politician and social activist. In 1945, sixteen years before he succeeded his elder brother, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Pakenham, of Cowley in the City of Oxford. Lord Longford served in the Labour administrations of

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and

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and

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. In 1999, at the age of 94 and after the

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removed the automatic right of

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s to sit in the House of Lords, Lord Longford was created a

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as Baron Pakenham of Cowley, of Cowley in the County of Oxfordshire. He was therefore able to remain a member of the House of Lords until his death in 2001. the titles (other than that of Baron Pakenham of Cowley, which as a life peerage became extinct in 2001) are held by his eldest son, the eighth Earl. He does not use his title and did not use his

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of Lord Silchester which he was entitled to from 1961 to 2001. Known simply as Thomas Pakenham, he is a writer and historian. Several other members of the Pakenham family have also gained distinction.

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, great-grandfather of the first Baron, represented

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in the

. His son Sir Thomas Pakenham, grandfather of the first Baron, sat as

for

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. Sir Thomas's son

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, father of the first Baron, represented

in the Irish Parliament. The Honourable Sir Thomas Pakenham, third son of the first Baron and the Countess of Longford, was an

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in the

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. His fourth son Sir John Pakenham was also an admiral in the Royal Navy while his fifth son Sir Richard Pakenham was a noted diplomat and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from 1843 to 1847. The Honourable

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, second son of the second Baron, was a

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in the army. He served in the

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under his brother-in-law, General Arthur Wellesey, who married his sister

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in 1806. Sir Edward Pakenham was killed at the

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in 1815. The Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham (1781–1850), third son of the second Baron, was a

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in the army and

for

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. He was the father of 1)

, Member of Parliament for Antrim, and 2) Sir Thomas Pakenham, also a lieutenant-general. The latter's eldest son

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was an

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member of the

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. The Honourable Thomas Alexander Pakenham (1820–1889), third son of the second Earl, was a

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in the Royal Navy. His second son Sir William Pakenham was an admiral in the Royal Navy. The Honourable Sir Francis Pakenham, seventh son of the second Earl, was a diplomat and notably served as Ambassador to Sweden. Lady Violet Pakenham, daughter of the fifth Earl, was a writer and critic and the wife of the author

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. Elizabeth Pakenham (born Harman), Countess of Longford, wife of the seventh Earl, was a writer and social activist.

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and

Rachel Billington Lady Rachel Mary Billington (''née'' Pakenham; born 11 May 1942) is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford. Career Billington worked in ...

, daughters of the seventh Earl, are both prominent authors. Lady Judith Kazantzis, daughter of the seventh Earl, is a poet. The Honourable Sir Michael Pakenham, third son of the seventh Earl, is a diplomat. The ancestral seat of the Pakenham family is

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. Previously known as Pakenham Hall, it was renamed by the current owner, Thomas Pakenham and North Aston Hall near North Aston,

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Not to be confused with Baron Longford, a minor British Peerage title (1747) of the current Earl of Radnor.

Baron Aungier of Longford (1621)

Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford (1558–1632), also known as Lord Aungier, was the progenitor of the Earldom of Longford, member of the House of Lords, Privy Councillor for Ireland and Master of the Rolls in Ireland under James ...

( – 1632) *Gerald Aungier, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford (died 1655) * Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford (died 1700) (created Viscount Longford in 1675)

Viscount Longford, first creation (1675)

* Francis Aungier, 1st Viscount Longford (died 1700) (created Earl of Longford in 1677)

Earl of Longford, first creation (1677)

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(died 1700) *Ambrose Aungier, 2nd Earl of Longford (died 1706)

Viscount Longford, second creation (1713)

* Christopher Fleming, 1st Viscount Longford and 17th Baron Slane (1669-1726) Lord Slane (who had succeeded to the title Baron Slane in 1676) was created Viscount Longford by Queen Anne in 1713. The viscounty became extinct upon his death.

Baron Longford (1756)

Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford (May 1713 – 30 April 1766) was an Irish peer and politician. Early life He was born in May 1713 at Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland, eldest son of Edward Pakenham and Margaret Bradestan. His mate ...

(1713–1766) *

Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1 April 1743 – 3 June 1792) was an Irish sailor and landowner. Early life Pakenham was the son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford and Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford. His parents had ...

(1743–1792) * Thomas Pakenham, 3rd Baron Longford (1774–1835) (succeeded his grandmother as Earl of Longford in 1794)

Earl of Longford, second creation (1785)

* Elizabeth Pakenham, 1st Countess of Longford (1719–1794). Lady Longford was the daughter of

for

and Longford Borough, by Frances Sandford, daughter of Henry Sandford, of Castlerea,

. She was the great-granddaughter of Sir James Cuffe by his wife Alice Aungier, sister and heiress of

, and Ambrose Aungier, 2nd Earl of Longford, of the first creation. Lady Longford married Thomas Pakenham, son of

, in 1740. In 1756 the Longford title held by her ancestors was revived when her husband was created Baron Longford in the

. In 1785 the earldom was also revived when Lady Longford was created Countess of Longford in the Irish peerage in her own right. Lord Longford died in April 1766, aged 52. Lady Longford survived him by almost thirty years and died in January 1794, aged 74. She was succeeded in the earldom by her grandson,

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, her eldest son

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having predeceased her. **

(1743–1792) *

Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, (14 May 1774 – 28 May 1835), known as The Lord Longford between 1792 and 1794, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background Pakenham was the eldest son of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, by Catherine Rowley ...

(1774–1835) *Edward Michael Pakenham, 3rd Earl of Longford (1817–1860) *

William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford General William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford (31 January 1819 – 19 April 1887), styled The Honourable William Pakenham before 1860, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative politician. Early life and education Pakenham was the s ...

(1819–1887) **William Pakenham, Lord Silchester (1864–1876) *

Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, KP, MVO (19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915), known as Lord Silchester until 1887, was an Irish peer and soldier. Biography Born in Dublin, Longford was the eldest son of William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Lo ...

(1864–1915) *

Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...

(1902–1961) * Francis Aungier "Frank" Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001) * Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (born 1933) The

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is the present holder's eldest son, Edward Melchior Pakenham, Baron Silchester (born 1970). Lord Silchester is usually known as Ned Silchester or Ned Pakenham.

Line of succession and other titles held by descendants of the 1st Countess

'' Elizabeth Pakenham, 1st Countess of Longford (1719–1794)'' ** Coronet of a British Baron

(1743–1792)'' *** Coronet of a British Earl

, 1st Baron Silchester (1774–1835)'' **** Coronet of a British Earl

''Edward Michael Pakenham, 3rd Earl of Longford, 2nd Baron Silchester (1817–1860)'' **** Coronet of a British Earl

, 3rd Baron Silchester (1819–1887)'' ***** ''William Pakenham, Lord Silchester (1864–1876)'' ***** Coronet of a British Earl

, 4th Baron Silchester (1864–1915)'' ****** Coronet of a British Earl

, 5th Baron Silchester (1902–1961)'' ****** Coronet of a British Earl

'' Francis Aungier "Frank" Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, 6th Baron Silchester, 1st Baron Pakenhamm (1905–2001)'' ******* Coronet of a British Earl

Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford, 7th Baron Silchester, 2nd Baron Pakenham (born 1933) ******** (1) Edward Pakenham, ''Lord Silchester'' (born 1970) ******** (2) ''Hon.'' Frederick Pakenham (born 1971) ******* ''Hon. Patrick Pakenham (1937–2005)'' ******** (3) Richard Pakenham (born 1969) ******** (4) Guy Pakenham (born 1970) ******** (5) Harry Pakenham (born 1972) ******* (6) ''Hon.'' Sir Michael Pakenham (born 1943) ******* ''Hon. Kevin Pakenham (1947–2020)'' ******** (7) Thomas Pakenham (born 1977) ******** (8) Benjamin Pakenham (born 1983) ******** (9) Dominic Pakenham (born 1989) ***** ''Hon. Edward Pakenham (1866–1937)'' **** ''Hon. Thomas Pakenham (1820–1889)'' ***** ''Edward Pakenham (1859–1931)'' ***** '' Sir William Pakenham (1861–1933)'' ***** ''Thomas Pakenham (1864–1894)'' **** ''Hon. Charles Pakenham (1821–1857)'' **** ''Hon. Henry Pakenham (1822–1856)'' **** ''Hon. Frederick Pakenham (1823–1901)'' **** ''Hon. Sir Francis Pakenham (1832–1905)'' *** ''Hon.

(1778–1815)'' *** ''Hon. Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (1781–1850)'' **** ''Edward Pakenham (1819–1855)'' **** ''Arthur Pakenham (1824–1895)'' **** ''Thomas Pakenham (1826–1913)'' ***** ''

(1863–1937)'' ****** ''Hercules Pakenham (1901–1940)'' ******* (10) Hercules Pakenham (born 1935) ******** (11) Dermot Pakenham (born 1961) ********* (12) Arthur Pakenham (born 1992) ***** ''Harry Pakenham (1864–1905)'' **** ''Robert Pakenham (1834–1857)'' **** ''Edmund Pakenham (1837–1861)'' **** ''Charles Pakenham (1840–1873)'' *** ''Hon. William Pakenham (17XX–1811)'' *** ''Hon.

(1787–1863)'' **** ''Henry Pakenham (1823–1893)'' ***** ''Henry Pakenham (1851–1922)'' **** ''William Pakenham (1826–1886)'' ***** ''William Pakenham (1857–1942)'' ****** ''William Pakenham (1885–1956)'' ******* ''William Pakenham (1906–1991)'' ***** ''Frederick Pakenham (1859–1950)'' ****** ''Michael Pakenham (1903–1978)'' ***** ''Henry Pakenham (1861–1862)'' ***** ''Francis Pakenham (1865–1957)'' ***** ''Robert Pakenham (1866–1959)'' ****** ''Robert Pakenham (1912–1998)'' ******* (13) Clive Pakenham (born 1947) ******** (14) Daniel Pakenham (born 1973) ******** (15) Adam Pakenham (born 1978) ***** ''Hamilton Pakenham (1867–1957)'' ****** ''Arthur Pakenham (1903–1904)'' ****** ''Richard Pakenham (1906–1993)'' ******* (16) Richard Pakenham (born 1949) ******* (17) John Pakenham (born 1951) ****** ''Henry Pakenham (1911–2010)'' ******* ''Edward Pakenham (1950–1951)'' ******* (18) Anthony Pakenham (born 1952) ******* (19) Mark Pakenham (born 1965) **** ''Hamilton Pakenham (1840–1864)'' ** ''Hon. Robert Pakenham (–1775)'' ** ''Hon. William Pakenham (1756–1769)'' ** ''Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham (1757–1836)'' (1)–(9) are in line for the earldom and both the Silchester and the Pakenham baronies.
(10)–(19) are in line for the earldom and the Silchester barony.

Feudal lords and feudal barons of Annaly, Westmeath and later County Longford

In 1552, King Edward VI granted lands of Annalye to Baron Delvin including the Holy Island and lands of the O'Ferralls. In 1556-57, Philip and Mary made grants to Lord Baron Delvin of the northern Annaly region before the county became County Longford. King James I also granted to Lord Baron Delvin the Island and monastery of Inchemore, otherwise Inismore, in the Annalie. Longford's Market and Fair Rights - Baron Delvin was Granted Patent and Charter for Market and Fair - Grant 1605 - License to hold a Thursday market and a fair on the 1st of August with the usual court baron powers https://books.google.com/books?id=-gorAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA56&dq=grant+Market+and+Fair+Longford+County&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_lJyiuvX7AhVCqlsKHRP-BX4Q6AF6BAgSEAI#v=onepage&q=grant%20Market%20and%20Fair%20Longford%20County&f=false

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Longford Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland

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