Name Edward 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 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.