Modern English biography

Pugilistica ii_ 74–88 (1880) _portrait_: _The Fancy._ _By An Operator i_ 393–400 (1826) _portrait_. PAKENHAM, CHARLES REGINALD (4 son of Thomas Pakenham, 2 earl of Longford 1744–1835). _b._ 21 Sept. 1821; ensign 72 foot 14 June 1839; captain 69 foot 1 Dec. 1846; lieut. grenadier guards 5 March 1847, sold out 2 May 1851; aide de camp to the queen, and accompanied her to Ireland 1849; sold all his possessions and gave the proceeds to charitable institutions 1851; joined the order of the ‘Barefooted clerks of the most sacred passion of our Lord Jesus Christ’ 1854, ordained a priest 29 Sept. 1855; visited Rome 1856; rector of the ‘Retreat of blessed Paul of the Cross’ at Harold’s Cross, Dublin, Aug. 1856 to death; known as Father Paul Mary. _d._ Harold’s Cross, Dublin 1 March 1857. _bur._ in chapel of the Retreat 4 March. _The Tablet 7 March 1857 p._ 148. PAKENHAM, EDWARD WILLIAM (1 son of sir Hercules Robert Pakenham 1781–1850). _b._ Ireland 20 Sept. 1819; M.P. Antrim July 1852 to death; ensign grenadier guards 12 Jany 1838, captain 24 Feb. 1854 to death; one of the foremost at the battle of the Alma, in the charge of the guards, he was the officer who first jumped over the embrasure of the Russian battery; at Inkerman he defended at the head of the 7 company of grenadier guards the Sand-bag battery and _fell_ pierced by many wounds 5 Nov. 1854. _bur._ 6 Nov. _G. Ryan’s Our heroes_ (1855) 167–8. PAKENHAM, JOHN (4 son of admiral sir Thomas Pakenham 1757–1836). _b._ 18 Oct. 1790; entered navy 22 April 1804; commanded the Harrier on the Cork station 1825; captain 26 Aug. 1826, retired 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 15 June 1864. _d._ Cannes 1 June