Pakenham (surname)

Pakenham is a surname of Old English origin. It is a locational surname from Pagham, Sussex, or Pakenham, Suffolk.


 * Antonia Pakenham, maiden name and early pen-name of author Antonia Fraser
 * Edward Pakenham (1778–1815), British general
 * Sir Francis Pakenham (diplomat) (1832–1905), British envoy to Chile, Argentina and Sweden
 * The Hon. Sir Michael Pakenham (born 1943), retired British diplomat
 * Sir Richard Pakenham (1797 – 1868), British diplomat of Anglo-Irish background
 * Thomas Pakenham (disambiguation), several people including:
 * Thomas Pakenham (Royal Navy officer) (1757–1836), British admiral
 * William Christopher Pakenham (1861–1933), British admiral
 * the surname of several Earls of Longford
 * the Baronets of Pakenham