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About Edward Pakenham
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 attempting to take the Southern port of New Orleans (1814–15). On 8 January 1815, Pakenham was killed in action while leading his men at the Battle of New Orleans.
Everything about Edward Pakenham →- Occupation
- military officer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 19, 1778
- Died
- January 8, 1815