Earl of Longford

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Earl of Longford
2nd creation
North Aston Hall
MottoGLORIA VIRTUTIS UMBRA
Glory is the shadow of virtue)
Earl of Longford
1st creation
heirs male of the body
lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesViscount Longford
Baron Aungier
StatusExtant
Extinction date23 January 1705 (revived in 1785)
MottoSCIO CONFIDO
(I know confidence well)
Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, by Robert Hunter.

Earl of Longford is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.

History

The title was first bestowed upon

Governor of Bombay
.

British House of Lords as one of the 28 original Irish representative peer. In 1821 he was created Baron Silchester, of Silchester in the County of Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,[3]
which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a

Lord-Lieutenant of County Longford from 1887 to 1915. Lord Longford was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Earl. He was a minor playwright and poet and also sat as a member of Seanad Éireann
between 1946 and 1948.

He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Earl. He was a prominent Labour politician and social activist. In 1945, sixteen years before he succeeded his elder brother, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Pakenham, of Cowley in the City of Oxford.[4] Lord Longford served in the Labour administrations of Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords and Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1999, at the age of 94 and after the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, Lord Longford was created a life peer as Baron Pakenham of Cowley, of Cowley in the County of Oxfordshire.[5] He was therefore able to remain a member of the House of Lords until his death in 2001.

As of 2017 the titles (other than that of Baron Pakenham of Cowley, which as a life peerage became extinct in 2001) are held by his eldest son, the eighth Earl. He does not use his title and did not use his courtesy title of Lord Silchester which he was entitled to from 1961 to 2001. Known simply as Thomas Pakenham, he is a writer and historian.

Several other members of the Pakenham family have also gained distinction.

Peninsular Wars under his brother-in-law, General Arthur Wellesey, who married his sister Kitty Pakenham in 1806. Sir Edward Pakenham was killed at the Battle of New Orleans
in 1815.

The Honourable

Elizabeth Pakenham (born Harman), Countess of Longford, wife of the seventh Earl, was a writer and social activist. Lady Antonia Fraser and Rachel Billington, daughters of the seventh Earl, are both prominent authors. Lady Judith Kazantzis, daughter of the seventh Earl, is a poet. The Honourable Sir Michael Pakenham
, third son of the seventh Earl, is a diplomat.

The ancestral seat of the Pakenham family is

North Aston Hall near North Aston, Oxfordshire

Not to be confused with Baron Longford, a minor British Peerage title (1747) of the current Earl of Radnor.

Baron Aungier of Longford (1621)

Viscount Longford, first creation (1675)

Earl of Longford, first creation (1677)

Viscount Longford, second creation (1713)

Lord Slane (who had succeeded to the title Baron Slane in 1676) was created Viscount Longford by Queen Anne in 1713. The viscounty became extinct upon his death.

Further information: Baron Slane

Baron Longford (1756)

Earl of Longford, second creation (1785)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Edward Melchior Pakenham, Lord Silchester (b. 1970).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his eldest son, Hon. Thomas Arthur Pakenham (b. 2012).

Line of succession and other titles held by descendants of the 1st Countess

Line of succession (simplified)

[6]

(1)–(9) are in line for the earldom and both the Silchester and the Pakenham baronies.
(10)–(19) are in line for the earldom and the Silchester barony.

Feudal lords and feudal barons of Annaly, Westmeath and later County Longford

In 1552, King Edward VI granted lands of Annalye to Baron Delvin including the Holy Island and lands of the O'Ferralls.[7]

In 1556–57, Philip and Mary made grants to Lord Baron Delvin of the northern Annaly region before the county became County Longford.[8]

King James I also granted to Lord Baron Delvin the Island and monastery of Inchemore, otherwise Inismore, in the Annalie.[9]

Longford's Market and Fair Rights - Baron Delvin was Granted Patent and Charter for Market and Fair - Grant 1605 - License to hold a Thursday market and a fair on the 1st of August with the usual court baron powers [10][11]

Notes

  1. ^ Does not use the title.
  2. ^ Does not use his courtesy title of Lord Silchester.
  3. ^ Does not use his courtesy style of Honourable.

References

  1. ^ "No. 9578". The London Gazette. 1 May 1756. p. 5.
  2. ^ "No. 12661". The London Gazette. 5 July 1785. p. 322.
  3. ^ "No. 17724". The London Gazette. 14 July 1821. p. 1461.
  4. ^ "No. 37305". The London Gazette. 12 October 1945. p. 5026.
  5. ^ "No. 55672". The London Gazette. 19 November 1999. p. 12349.
  6. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1
    .
  7. ^ King Edward VI grants of Annaly to Baron Delvin 1552
  8. ^ Grant to Baron Delvin Grant of Granard region to Baron Delvin
  9. ^ Grant of Inchemore Island to Baron Delvin by King James
  10. ^ Farrell, James P. (1891). "History of the County Longford".
  11. ^ "Baron Longford". www.baronlongford.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
    better source needed
    ]
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