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Charles William Packe
Member of Parliament
for South Leicestershire
In office
18 February 1836 – 27 October 1867
Serving with George Curzon-Howe (1857–1867)
Henry Halford (18361857)
Preceded byThomas Frewen Turner
Henry Halford
Succeeded byGeorge Curzon-Howe
Thomas Paget
Personal details
Born23 September 1792
Died27 October 1867(1867-10-27) (aged 75)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Kitty Jenkyn Reading
(m. 1822)
RelationsGeorge Hussey Packe
ParentCharles James Packe
Residence(s)Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire

Charles William Packe (23 September 1792 – 27 October 1867)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Family

Packe was the oldest son of Charles James Packe and Penelope Dugdale, daughter of Richard Dugdale of Blyth Hall.[2] He was also the brother of Great Northern Railway deputy chairman and Liberal politician George Hussey Packe. He married Kitty Jenkyn Reading, daughter of Thomas Hort, in 1822.[3]

Wealth

Prestwold Hall in Leicestershire

He inherited Prestwold Hall upon his father's death in 1837, and later acquired Glen Hall and an 18-acre estate in southern Leicestershire for £2,530 in 1837 and, a decade later, Stretton Hall for £30,000, financed by a mortgage from Sir George Robinson. In 1842, he commissioned William Burn to redesign Prestwold Hall, spending a reported £70,000 over the next two decades on improvements and further land close to the hall. A decade later, he spent £12,000 on a house and 745 acres of land at Branksome in Dorset, also using Burn, via a loan of £7,000.[3]

Packe was also a keen investor in bank stock, government consols, and railway shares, the latter of which he had £4,050 in during the mid-1840s.[3]

By the time of his death, Packe owned 2,464 acres in Leicestershire, worth £4,267 gross a year, with a gross personal wealth of £35,000.[3]

Political career

He was elected MP for South Leicestershire at a by-election in 1836 and held the seat until his death in 1867.[4] During this time, he rented a home at Richmond Terrace, just off Whitehall, in London.[3]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  2. ^ "Pack Family Coat of Arms". COADB.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Shipley, Peter Samuel (October 2010). "The Leicestershire Gentry and Its Social and Cultural Networks, c. 1790-1875" (PDF). Leicester Research Archive. University of Leicester. pp. 81, 121–122. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
1836–1867
With: George Curzon-Howe (1857–1867)
Henry Halford (18361857)
Succeeded by