Sir Herbert Perrott Pakington, 5th Baronet (c. 1701 – 24 September 1748), of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1741.

Early life

Pakington was the only surviving son of Sir John Packington and his second wife, Hester Perrott. He married Elizabeth Conyers, daughter of John Conyers, K.C., of Walthamstow, Essex on. 22 June 1721. On the death of his father in 1727, he succeeded to the

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and

Westwood House Westwood House is a stately home, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It has been subdivided into twelve self-contained apartments. The house has origins as an Elizabethan banqueting hall with Caroline additions and is a Grade I listed buil ...

.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
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Career

Pakington was returned as Tory

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for

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at the

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in succession to his father. He was returned unopposed at the

1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...

. He voted against the Administration in all known divisions except on the motion to remove Walpole in February 1741. He did not stand in

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. Packington was one of the lovers of the courtesan

Teresia Constantia Phillips Teresia Constantia Phillips or Con Phillips (1700/1703 – 2 February 1765) was a British courtesan and bigamist who married at least five times and published a scandalous autobiography. The case is narrated in Lawrence Stone, 'Uncertain unions. ...

. Packington was so obsessed with her that he twice attempted suicide to keep her attention.Emma Plaskitt,
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, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 March 2015]

Death and legacy

Pakington died on 24 September 1748. He had two sons, John and Herbert Perrott, who became the sixth and seventh

Pakington baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Pakington, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The latter is extant . The Pakington baronetcy, of Ailesbury in the County of Bucki ...

, respectively.

References

1700s births 1748 deaths People from Droitwich Spa Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Worcestershire Year of birth uncertain British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 Baronets in the Baronetage of England {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub