Earl of Longford
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The title Earl of Longford was first bestowed upon Francis Aungier in 1677. His brother Ambrose Aungier succeeded him and died without an heir. Their niece, Elizabeth Cuffe, married Thomas Pakenham (of Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath) in 1739 and in 1756 he was created Baron Longford. On Thomas' death in 1766 their son, Edward Michael Pakenham, became the 2nd Baron Longford. In 1785 Elizabeth was raised to the rank of Countess of Longford and on her death in 1792 her grandson (who had already acceded to the title of 3rd Baron Longford on the death of his father in 1792) became Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford.
The 7th Earl of Longford was created Baron Pakenham in 1945 so that he could take a seat in the House of Lords while his brother, the 6th Earl, was still alive. When the House of Lords Act of 1999 removed the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House, he was created a life peer as Baron Pakenham of Cowley so that he could retain his seat.
The subsidiary titles of the present Earl of Longford are: Baron Longford (created 1756), Baron Silchester (1821) and Baron Pakenham (1945). The Earldom and Barony of Longford are in the Peerage of Ireland, while the remaining Baronies are in the Peerage of the UK. The ancestral home of the Pakenham family, Earls of Longford was renamed Tullynally castle by the current owner, Thomas Pakenham.
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[edit] Barons Aungier of Longford (1621)
- Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford (c.1562-1632)
- Gerald Aungier, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford (d. 1655)
- Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford (d.1700) (became Earl of Longford in 1677)
[edit] Earls of Longford, First Creation (1677)
[edit] Barons Longford (1756)
- Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford (1713-1776)
- Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1743-1792)
- Thomas Pakenham, 3rd Baron Longford (1774-1835) (became Earl of Longford in 1792)
[edit] Earls of Longford, Second Creation (1785)
- Elizabeth Pakenham, 1st Countess of Longford (d. 1794)
- Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford (1774-1835), elected a Representative Peer in 1800
- Edward Michael Pakenham, 3rd Earl of Longford (1817-1860)
- William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford (1819-1887)
- Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford (1864-1915)
- Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford (1902-1961)
- Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905-2001)
- Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (b. 1933)
The heir Apparent is Edward Melchior Pakenham, Lord Silchester b.(Jan 6, 1970)
