Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1 April 1743 – 3 June 1792) was an

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and landowner.

Early life

Pakenham was the son of

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 ...

and

Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford Earl of Longford is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. History The title was first bestowed upon Francis Aungier, 1st Earl of Longford, Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1677, with remainder to his ...

. His parents had seven children, including Sir Thomas Pakenham, a

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officer. His father was the eldest son and heir of

Edward Pakenham Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Penin ...

MP of Pakenham Hall (son of Sir Thomas Pakenham) and Margaret Bradestan (daughter and heiress of John Bradestan). His mother was the daughter and sole heiress of

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. M ...

MP (second son and sole heir of Francis Cuffe), and Frances ( née Sandford) Cuffe (a daughter of Henry Sandford of Castlereagh). Longford was educated at

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and joined the

at the age of sixteen.

Career

He served during the

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taking part in naval engagements off the coasts of

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and North America. He was captured by the Spanish near the end of the war and held for over a year. After he returned home following the

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he briefly represented County Longford in the

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between 1765 and 1766. In 1776, he inherited his father's title and seat in the

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. In January 1778 he returned to active service during the American War of Independence, serving in the

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and

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. He returned home in 1782 having earned around £5,000 in

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Personal life

In 1768, Lord Longford married Hon. Catherine Rowley, daughter of

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and

Hercules Langford Rowley Hercules Langford Rowley PC ( – 25 March 1794) was an Irish politician and landowner. Early life Rowley was born . He was the only son of Frances ( née Upton) Rowley and Hercules Rowley, a Member of Parliament for County Londonderry from 17 ...

MP. He was the owner of Pakenham Hall Castle in County Westmeath, which he systematically improved during his lifetime. Catherine and Edward had a number of children including: * Hon. Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham (1773–1831), who married the

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.Pakenham, Eliza. ''Tom, Ned and Kitty: An Intimate Portrait of an Irish Family''. Phoenix, 2008. *

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 Rowle ...

(1774–1835), who married Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon, daughter of

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. * Maj.-Gen. Hon.

Sir Edward Pakenham Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peni ...

(1778–1815), who served as MP for Longford Borough and was killed in action at the Battle of New Orleans. * Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (1781–1850), a lieutenant-general of the

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and was brevet colonel and '' aide-de-camp'' to

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/ref> He married Emily Stapleton, the fourth daughter of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Baronet, 12th Baron le Despencer. * Capt. Hon. William Pakenham (d. 1811), a member of the

who drowned in 1811. * Very Rev. Hon.

Henry Pakenham Henry Pakenham (24 August 1787; 26 December 1863) was Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1843 until his death. The 9th child and 5th son of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford he was edu ...

(1787–1863), the

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who married Eliza Catherine Sandford (d. 1867), sister and co-heiress of

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. * Hon. Elizabeth Pakenham (d. 1851), who married Henry Stewart of Trycallen in 1793. * Hon. Helen Pakenham (d. 1807), who married James Hamilton (d. 1805), eldest son of John Hamilton of Brown Hall, in 1799. * Hon. Caroline Penelope Pakenham (d. 1854), who married Henry Hamilton (d. 1850), eldest son of Sackville Hamilton, in 1808. Langford died in June 1792, aged 49, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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, who in 1794 also succeeded his grandmother in the earldom of Longford.

References

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