Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford Silchester in the County of Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. Lord Longford married Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon, daughter of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp, in 1817. They had several children. Their third son the Honourable Thomas Alexander Pakenham was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy and the father of Admiral Sir William Pakenham. Their seventh and youngest son the Honourable Sir Francis Pakenham was a diplomat and notably served as Ambassador to Sweden. Longford died in May 1835, aged 61, and was
Edward William Pakenham Guards in 1838, and later rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. At the 1852 general election, Pakenham was elected unopposed as one of the two MPs for Antrim. Pakenham was killed at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. Edward William Pakenham Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Pakenham (September 1819 – 5 November 1854) was an Irish soldier and Conservative Party politician from County Antrim. He served for two years as a Member of Parliament (MP), until his death in the Crimean War. Pakenham was the son of General Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (1781–1850) and his wife, Emily, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th