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Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1 April 1743 – 3 June 1792) was an Anglo-Irish naval officer, peer and landowner. Early life [ edit ] Pakenham was the son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford and Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford .
Captain Lord Longford. During 1765-6 Pakenham sat as the M.P for County Longford in the Irish Parliament, and on 30 April of the latter year he succeeded to his father’s Irish barony. He was posted captain on 31 May 1766 of the Sheerness 24, which appointment appears to have been for purposes of rank only. During the next dozen years he lived ...
January 8, 1815. Sir Edward Michael Pakenham was a promising young general who might have been a hero of the Napoleonic Wars if he hadn’t been killed in action, leading his countrymen in their attempt to invade New Orleans in 1815. Pakenham was born into a life of priveledge as an Irish aristocrat. Like many young men of his station, Pakenham ...
Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael (1778–1815), major-general in the British army, was born 19 March 1778 at Langford Lodge, near Belfast, second son among five sons and three daughters of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and Catherine Pakenham (née Rowley). He had little interest in education and joined the army at the age of 16 ...
22 de mar. de 2024 · Dec. 29, 1902, London. Died: Feb. 4, 1961, Dublin (aged 58) Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham, 6th earl of Longford (born Dec. 29, 1902, London—died Feb. 4, 1961, Dublin) was a theatre patron and playwright who is best-remembered as the director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Longford succeeded to the earldom in 1915 and was educated at the ...
The Generals tells the dramatic story of the battle between Andrew Jackson and Sir Edward Pakenham for the “booty and beauty” of New Orleans in the winter of 1814—1815. The Battle of New Orleans was the last battle in the War of 1812, which cost Pakenham his life and propelled Andrew Jackson into the national prominence that would eventually lead to his presidency.
Such are the vagaries of history. Up until his death under enemy fire at New Orleans, Pakenham had had a truly stellar military career, fighting throughout all of the French Revolutionary campaigns and the entirety of the Napoleonic Wars except being at the Duke’s side at Quarte Bras and Waterloo. He had risen rapidly from lieutenant in 1794 ...
