# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-pakenham
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:48:04.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-pakenham"
name: "Edward Pakenham"
slug: "edward-pakenham"
description: "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."
tagline: "British general and politician (1778-1815)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Pakenham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1778-03-19"
deathDate: "1815-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             1.04516129032258
  historical:           5.985502666666667
  currentAttention:     5.806451612903225
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ادوارد پاکنهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Michael_Pakenham"
    title: "Edward Michael Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Pakenham"
    title: "Edward Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Michael_Pakenham"
    title: "Edward Michael Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Pakenham"
    title: "Edward Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Пакенем, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump