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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 301 LONDONDERRY, ELIZABETH FRANCES CHARLOTTE, Marchioness of, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Roden : m. 1st 1836, the 6th Viscount Powers - court, who d. 1874; 2ndly 1846, the 4th Marquess of Londonderry, who d. 1872. Town Residence, 37, Grosvenor- square. W. Longford, Baron, title borne by the Earl of Radnor, LONGFORD, EARL OF. (PAKENHAM.) Sits as BARON SILCHESTER. WILLIAM LYGON PAKENHAM, K.C.B, 4th Earl, son of Thomas, 2nd Earl, by Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon, 5th daughter of the 1st Earl Beauchamp. Born Jan. 31st, 1819 ; succeeded his brother in 1860 ; was educated at Win- chester; entered the 52nd Regiment 1837, became Lieut, in the 7th Fusiliers, 1888, and Capt. 1844, Major (unattached) 1852, Lieut. -Col. 1854, Col. 1855, and Major- Gen 1869. Served through the Crimean Glory is the shadow of virtue. campaign, and was Adjutant-General to the Forces, 1855 ; was present at the battles of the Alma, Inkermann, and Balaclava, and the siege and fall of Sebastopol; has the Crimean medal and clasps, the orders of the Legion of Honour, St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and the Medjidie; served in India during the mutiny, and was Adjutant-General of the Forces, 1858 60; has the Indian mutiny medal. Was Under Secretary of State for War, 1866 8; is Lord Lieut, and Custos Rotulorum of co. Longford, and a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Westmeath. Married (1862) the Hon. Selina Rice Trevor, 3rd daughter of the 4th Baron Dynevor, and has issue, living, Sons, William, Lord Pakenham, b. 1864. Thomas, 6.1861, (twin with William). Edward Michael, b. 1866. Daughters, Georgiana Frances Henrietta, b. 1863. Catherine Louisa, b. 1868. Brothers living, Thomas Alexander, b. 1820, m. 1853. Frederick Beauchamp, b. 1823. Francis John, b 1832. Sinters lining, Katherine Felicia, b. 1826, m, 1851, the Hon. Fenton John Freke, brother and heir presumptive of the 7th Baron Carbery. Georgiana Sophia, b. 1827, m. 1848, the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Creations. Baron Longford, 1756, Earl of Longford, 1785, both in the peerage of Ireland; and Baron Silchester of Silchester, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1821. itrms, Quarterly: 1st, quarterly, or and gules, in the 1st quarter an eagle displayed, vert, Pakenham ; 2nd, argent, a bend daiicette, sable, between two plain cottises, azure, the bend charged with three fleurs-de-lis, argent, and each cottised with three bezants, Citffe ; 3rd, ermine, a griffin, segrearit, azure, Aitngier ; 4th, per bend, embattled, argent and gules, Boyle. (Crest, Out of a mural coronet, or, a demi-eagle displayed, gules. Supporters, Dt.'3-ter, a lion, azure, charged on the shoulder with a carbuncle, or ; sinister- Si griffin, azure, wings elevated, ermine. Seat, Pakenham -hall, Castle- Pollard, (co.) Westmeath, Ireland. Town Residence, 24, Bruton -street, W. Clubs C&rlton, White's, United Service. LONGFORD, Earl of,~-His lordship's predecessor was his brother, Edward Michael, urd Earl and 4th Baron, b. Oct. 30, 1817, succeeded his father May 24, 1835; he was a Major and Captain in the Life Guards, and d. unmarried March 27, I860.