Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (died 1815)

Edward Pakenham

British Army officer and politician

Major-General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham,, was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peninsular War. During the War of 1812, he was the commander of British forces…