Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford

Brigadier General The Right Honourable
The Earl of Longford
KP, MVO
Brigadier General The Right Honourable The Earl of Longford KP, MVO
	The 5th Earl of Longford.
Personal details
Born	19 October 1864; Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom
Died	21 August 1915 (aged 50); Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Cause of death	Killed in action
Resting place	Special memorial in Green Hill Cemetery, Suvla
Spouse	Lady Mary Child-Villiers (m. 1899)
Children	Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford; Lady Pansy Lamb; Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford; Lady Mary Clive; Lady Violet Pakenham; Lady Julia Mount;
Parents	William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford; Hon. Selina Rice-Trevor;
Alma mater	Winchester College
Occupation	Peer, soldier
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	2nd Life Guards; Imperial Yeomanry 45th Dublin Company;
Commands	Imperial Yeomanry 29th Battalion; 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; World War I Gallipoli campaign Battle of Sari Bair; Battle of Scimitar Hill (DOW); ;

Brigadier-General Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, KP, MVO (19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915), known as Lord Silchester until 1887, was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer and soldier.