Henry Pakenham (24 August 1787; 26 December 1863) was
Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
The Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral is the senior cleric of the Protestant St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by A ...
from 1843 until his death.
The 9th child and 5th son of
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 ...
he was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, motto_English = It will last i ...
.
His sister was the wife of the
1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of ...
.
He married Eliza Catherine Sandford, daughter of the Rev. William Sanford and Jane Oliver, and sister of
Henry Sandford, 2nd Baron Mount Sandford. Her father was a grandson of
Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell, and her mother was the daughter of the Irish MP and Privy Counsellor
Silver Oliver. They had three sons, Henry, William and Hamilton, and a daughter. Emily.
References
1787 births
1863 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Henry
Younger sons of barons
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