Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford

Irish sailor

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1743

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1792

Profession: sailor, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford

  • Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1 April 1743 – 3 June 1792) was an Irish sailor and landowner. Pakenham was the son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford and Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford.
  • Longford was educated at Kilkenny College and joined the Royal Navy at the age of sixteen.
  • He served during the Seven Years' War taking part in naval engagements off the coasts of West Africa and North America.
  • He was captured by the Spanish near the end of the war and held for over a year.
  • After he returned home following the Treaty of Paris he briefly represented County Longford in the Irish House of Commons between 1765 and 1766.
  • In 1776 he inherited his father's title and seat in the Irish House of Lords.
  • In January 1778 he returned to active service during the American War of Independence, serving in the English Channel and Mediterranean Sea.
  • He returned home in 1782 having earned around £5,000 in prize money.Lord Langford married Catherine Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley, in 1768.
  • They had a number of children including General Sir Edward Pakenham.
  • Their daughter Catherine (Kitty) married the Duke of Wellington.
  • He was the owner of Pakenham Hall Castle in County Westmeath which he systematically improved during his lifetime.
  • Langford died in June 1792, aged 49, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas, who in 1794 also succeeded his grandmother in the earldom of Longford.
  • His third son was Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham CB, KCB, a lieutenant-general of the British Army and was brevet colonel and aide-de-camp to the William IV of the United Kingdom.

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