* Pakenham, Thomas: The Scramble for Africa.

He and his wife, who died in October 2002 at the age of 96, had eight children, among them the writers Lady Antonia Fraser, Lady Rachel Billington, Lady Judith Kazantzis, diplomat Sir Michael Pakenham and Thomas Pakenham ( the 8th Earl of Longford ).

The Longfords had eight children, among them the writers Lady Antonia Fraser, Lady Rachel Billington, and Thomas Pakenham.

* Thomas Pakenham – The Scramble for Africa

* Pakenham, Thomas, The scramble for Africa, Abacus.

Michael's daughter Elizabeth Cuffe married Thomas Pakenham, of Pakenham Hall, just outside Castlepollard, County Westmeath, in 1739.

Known simply as Thomas Pakenham, he is a writer and historian.

His son Sir Thomas Pakenham, grandfather of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Augher.

The Honourable Sir Thomas Pakenham, third son of the first Baron and the Countess of Longford, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.

He was the father of 1 ) Edward Pakenham, Member of Parliament for Antrim, and 2 ) Sir Thomas Pakenham, also a Lieutenant-General.

The Honourable Thomas Alexander Pakenham ( 1820 – 1889 ), third son of the second Earl, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy.

Previously known as Pakenham Hall, it was renamed by the current owner, Thomas Pakenham.

* Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford ( 1713 – 1766 )

* Thomas Pakenham, 3rd Baron Longford ( 1774 – 1835 ) ( succeeded his grandmother as Earl of Longford in 1794 )

Lady Longford married Thomas Pakenham, son of Edward Pakenham, in 1740.

* Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford ( 1774 – 1835 )

* Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford ( 1864 – 1915 )

* Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford ( b. 1933 )

* Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa

* Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa ( 1991 )

* Pakenham, T. Scramble For Africa, Harper Perennial, 1991.

* Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa ( Random House, 1991 ), pp. 197 – 199

* Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa ( Random House, 1991 ), pp. 197 – 199

1992 Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa

* The Scramble for Africa, Edward Pakenham, Abacus, 1992, ISBN 0-349-10449-2

After a disastrous spell at stockbroking with Buckmaster and Moore, in 1931, 25-year-old Pakenham joined the Conservative Research Department where he developed Education policy for the Conservative Party.

* Announcement of his taking the oath for the first time as Lord Pakenham of Cowley, House of Lords Minute of Proceedings, 17 November 1999

That evening, General Pakenham met with General Keane and Admiral Cochrane for an update on the situation, angry with the position that the army had been placed in.

Pakenham decided to wait for his entire force of over 8, 000 men to assemble before launching his attack.

The Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham ( 1781 – 1850 ), third son of the second Baron, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army and Member of Parliament for Westmeath.

Broadbent played the title role in the Channel 4 drama Longford in October 2006, earning a BAFTA TV Award, a Golden Globe, and a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance as Frank Pakenham ( 1905 – 2001 ), Earl of Longford, which was centred on the late Lord's ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the parole of Myra Hindley from her life imprisonment for the Moors Murders.

The treaty was negotiated by U. S. Secretary of State James Buchanan, who later became president, and Richard Pakenham, British envoy to the United States and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom for Queen Victoria.

The Pakenham area is known for Mount Pakenham, a popular skiing location near Pakenham, and the five-arch stone bridge across the Mississippi River.

Pakenham is serviced by four local newspapers: Star News Group's The Pakenham Gazette, available every Wednesday for $ 1, and Star's widely distributed Pakenham News, which is dropped into mailboxes free every Thursday around the town, the Pakenham-Cardinia Leader, which also serves the nearby township of Cardinia, dropped into mailboxes every Thursday, and the Pakenham Journal, a weekly paper, delivered weekly to houses around the town.

** William Pakenham, Lord Silchester ( 1864 – 1876 )

* Sir Michael Pakenham, 1997 – 2000

* January 8 – Edward Pakenham, British general ( killed in battle ) ( b. 1778 )

* March 19 – Edward Pakenham, British general ( d. 1815 )

* Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford ( 1902 – 1961 )

* Francis Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford ( 1905 – 2001 ), politician and social reformer

Fraser is the daughter of Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford ( 1905 – 2001 ), and his wife, Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, née Elizabeth Harman ( 1906 – 2002 ).

*" Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham " – Biography posted at thePeerage. com

Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC ( 5 December 1905 – 3 August 2001 ), known as Baron Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician and social reformer.

Francis Pakenham ( 1905 – 1945 )

The Lord Pakenham ( 1945 – 1948 )

The Lord Pakenham, PC ( 1948 – 1961 )

Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE, better known as Elizabeth Longford ( 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002 ) was a British historian.

An attempt at major restoration began under the direction of Dean Pakenham ( Dean, 1843 – 1864 ), limited by poor economic circumstances.

He married Lady Violet Pakenham ( 1914 – 2002 ), sister of Lord Longford, on 1 December 1934 at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge.

* Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford ( 1743 – 1792 )