Charles Packe

Charles Packe (22 August 1826 – 16 July 1896) was an English lawyer and explorer who is noted for his travels in and writing about the Pyrenees.

Family Packe was born in 1826, the oldest son of Edmund Packe, a captain in the Royal Horse Guards.

Pyrenees Packe first went to the Pyrenees in 1853, making a traverse of the range.

Societé Ramond Packe was one of the founding members of the Société Ramond, a learned society devoted to the study of the Pyrenees and founded in 1864 or 1865 (authorities vary) in Bagnères-de-Bigorre by Henry Russell, Émilien Frossard, Farnham Maxwell-Lyte and Packe. Packe was the society's first assistant secretary.

Botany Packe discovered several plant species that are endemic to the Pyrenees and also carried out a number of experiments when attempting to acclimatize rare plants in his garden.