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

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Career

Pakington was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for

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at the

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

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. 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

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. 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, respectively.

References

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