Michael Pakenham Michael Pakenham Sir Michael Aidan Pakenham, (born 3 November 1943) is a British retired diplomat. Pakenham is the third son of Labour politician Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, and Elizabeth Harman. He is the brother of Thomas Pakenham, Lady Antonia Fraser and Lady Rachel Billington. He was educated at Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was an exchange fellow at Rice University. Pakenham was briefly a reporter for the "Washington Post" before joining the Foreign Office in 1965. He served in Nairobi and Warsaw before being seconded to the Cabinet Office 1971–74 as Assistant Private Secretary, then Private
Edward William Pakenham 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 Baron le Despencer. His paternal grandfather was the 2nd Baron Longford. From his father he inherited Langford Lodge in County Antrim, which later became RAF Langford Lodge. Pakenham joined the British Army, becoming an officer in the Grenadier