Talk:Thomas Pakenham (historian)

Baron Pakenham?
Is he not also the 2nd Baron Pakenham? --Jfruh (talk) 02:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes but we generally don't mention additional titles inherited by the subject unless they were picked up separately. Pakenham is also the 8th (?) Baron Longford and 7th (?) Baron Silchester (although Baron Silchester is used as the courtesy title for the heir apparent, though Pakenham never used this either). Timrollpickering 16:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Livingstone vrs. Leopold?
I don't quite agree with the interpretation that the Scramble of Africa has as its main subject the differences in postures between Livingstone and Leopold. Livingstone is a minor character in the book and, although Leopold is a major character, so is Gladstone, Chamberlain, Hanotaux. The books deals with the different approaches, between England, France, Belgium, Germany and (in a minor role) Italy in the colonization process of Africa, how the own nature of these societies have influenced their postures toward the continent. That's pretty much it. --Mbm233 (talk) 13:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Photo
The photo looks very like that of his father. Is this an error or a family likeness? TomonaD (talk) 03:09, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

The photograph is definately of his father and needs to be removed or replaced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.221.66 (talk) 11:09, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. -- llywrch (talk) 21:09, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Identifying women by reference to their husbands
Does Wikipedia have a policy on this? I made a small change to the description of his sister Antonia Fraser, to emphasize her achievements rather than her marriage to Pinter. She's not just "a writer," she's a highly accomplished writer, and famous in her own right. She definitely should not be identified primarily by her husband. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.12.225 (talk) 12:15, 14 March 2019 (UTC)