Sir Herbert Pakington, 5th Baronet

Sir Herbert Pakington, 5th Baronet
Sir Herbert Pakington, 5th Baronet
	Westwood House, Droitwich - seat of the Pakington family
Born	Herbert Perrott Pakington; c. 1701
Died	1748

Sir Herbert Perrott Pakington, 5th Baronet (c. 1701 – 24 September 1748), of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741.

Early life

Pakington was the only surviving son of Sir John Packington and his second wife, Hester Perrott. He married Elizabeth Conyers, daughter of John Conyers, K.C., of Walthamstow, Essex on. 22 June 1721. On the death of his father in 1727, he succeeded to the baronetcy and Westwood House.[1]

Career

Pakington was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Worcestershire at the 1727 British general election in succession to his father. He was returned unopposed at the 1734 British general election. He voted against the Administration in all known divisions except on the motion to remove Walpole in February 1741. He did not stand in 1741.[2] [3]

Packington was one of the lovers of the courtesan Teresia Constantia Phillips. Packington was so obsessed with her that he twice attempted suicide to keep her attention.[4]

Death and legacy

Pakington died on 24 September 1748. He had two sons, John and Herbert Perrott, who became the sixth and seventh Pakington baronets, respectively.[1]

References

George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900
"PAKINGTON, Sir Herbert Perrott, 5th Bt. (c.1701-48), of Westwood, nr. Droitwich, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
"Pakington, John (1671-1727)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Emma Plaskitt, "Phillips, Teresia Constantia (1709–1765)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 March 2015]

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt	Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1727 – 1741 With: Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt 1727–34 Edmund Lechmere 1734–41	Succeeded by Edmund Pytts I Edmund Lechmere
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt	Baronet (of Ailesbury) 1725 – 1748	Succeeded by John Pakington

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[Cokayne-1] George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900

[2] "PAKINGTON, Sir Herbert Perrott, 5th Bt. (c.1701-48), of Westwood, nr. Droitwich, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

[3] "Pakington, John (1671-1727)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[4] Emma Plaskitt, "Phillips, Teresia Constantia (1709–1765)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 March 2015]