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Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford

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Lord Longford remodelled the 17th-century Pakenham Hall in the Gothic Revival style in the early 1800s, adding towers and a moat. It was by then larger than any other castellated house in Ireland. In the family circle he was known for his fund of amusing stories.
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Longford died in May 1835, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Edward. Longford's second son,
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elected to the 1st Union Parliament on 2 August 1800. He had supported the
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Pakenham succeeded his father in the barony in 1792, inheriting
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He married Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon, daughter of
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contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Longford
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Anglo-Irish

Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford
Hercules Rowley
Catherine Pakenham
Duke of Wellington
Edward Pakenham
British Army
Peninsular War
Hercules Robert Pakenham
CB
KCB
British Army
William IV of the United Kingdom
Pakenham Hall
Earl of Longford
Irish representative peer
Act of Union 1800
Order of St Patrick
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Catholic Emancipation
William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp
rear-admiral
Royal Navy
Admiral
Sir William Pakenham
Sir Francis Pakenham
Ambassador to Sweden
William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

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