Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet

Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet (12 November 1724 – 13 January 1800), was a British army officer and descendant of minor Huguenot nobility of Languedoc (originally de Péchels). He was born in Owenstown, county Kildare, the son of army officer Jacob Pechell and his wife Jane Boyd. His grandfather had been ejected from France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and ultimately settled in Ireland.

Pechell entered the army as cornet-en-seconde in the Royal Regiment of Dragoons in 1744, and was promoted captain in Fleming's Regiment of Foot in 1746. She was the only daughter and heir of Thomas Brooke, of Paglesham, Essex; they had two sons and five daughters. Pechell was created a baronet on 1 March 1797, and died in 1800. His eldest son, Major-General Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753–1826), was father of Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Baronet (1785–1849), and of Admiral Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet (1789–1860).