About Thomas Pakenham
Lived 1826 – 1913 (aged 86). Thomas Pakenham was a British politician.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Henry Pakenham (26 June 1826 – 20 February 1913) was an Irish Conservative politician and British Army officer.
Military career A member of the Pakenham family headed by the Earl of Longford, he was the son of the Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham and the Honourable Emily Stapleton, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer. He fought in the Crimean War in 1854 and in the Fenian raids in 1866.
Pakenham married Elizabeth Staples Clarke, daughter of William Clarke, of New York City, in 1862. They had two sons, Hercules Pakenham and Major Harry Francis Pakenham. Pakenham died in February 1913, aged 86. His wife died in February 1919.
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British politician (1826–1913)
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Thomas Pakenham was born on 28 June 1826 in Dublin.
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Thomas Pakenham died on 20 February 1913.
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Thomas Pakenham was a politician.
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Thomas Pakenham was British.
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· DBpedia: Thomas Pakenham (British Army officer)
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