Thomas Pakenham (Augher MP)

[1] He was the eldest son of Henry Pakenham, of Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, and his first wife Mary Lill, daughter of Robert Lill of Trim, County Meath and Eleanor, sister of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh.

[1] He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1674.

[2]: 178 As a barrister he was held in high regard, and enjoyed the patronage of Charles Porter, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

[2]: 92  In 1692 he was recommended for promotion to be one of the three serjeants-at-law, being described by Porter as "the fittest that can be picked on for the King's service".

Thomas had at least six children by his first marriage, including: Edward Pakenham (died 1721), his eldest son, who married Margaret Bradestan, daughter of John Bradestan, (who married secondly Reverend Ossory Medlicott of Ticehurst, Sussex), and was the father of: Sir Thomas also had four younger sons, Thomas, Philip, Henry and Robert, and a daughter, Frances, who married George Nugent of Castlerichard, County Louth.