Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Pakenham (September 1819 – 5 November 1854)[1] was an Irish soldier and Conservative Party politician from County Antrim.
He served for two years as a Member of Parliament (MP), until his death in the Crimean War.
[4] His mother was the fourth daughter of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Baronet, 12th Baron le Despencer.
Sir Edward Pakenham, served as MP for Longford Borough and was killed in action at the Battle of New Orleans.
[5] Pakenham joined the British Army, becoming an officer in the Grenadier Guards in 1838,[7] and later rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.