Thomas Pakenham (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Thomas Henry Pakenham CB, DL, JP (26 June 1826, Dublin – 20 February 1913) was an Irish Conservative politician and British Army officer.[1][2]

A member of the Pakenham family headed by the Earl of Longford, he was the son of the Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham and the Honourable Emily Stapleton, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer.[3] He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim in 1854, succeeding his brother Edward Pakenham, who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.[2] He remained MP until 1865.[1]

Pakenham married Elizabeth Staples Clarke, daughter of William Clarke, of New York City, in 1862. They had two sons, Hercules Pakenham and Major Harry Francis Pakenham. Pakenham died in February 1913, aged 86. His wife died in February 1919.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; and the House of Commons. 1862. p. 148. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 thepeerage.com Lt.-Gen. Thomas Henry Pakenham

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Pakenham
George Hume Macartney		 Member of Parliament for Antrim
1854–1865
With: George Hume Macartney 1854–1859
George Upton 1859–1863
Edward O'Neill 1863–1865		 Succeeded by
Edward O'Neill
Henry Seymour