Edward Packe

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Sir Edward Hussey Packe KBE DL JP (6 January 1878 – 11 May 1946) was a British civil servant. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

He was the son of Hussey Packe and his wife, Lady Alice, only daughter of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. His grandfather was politician George Hussey Packe. He was educated at Eton College. [3]

Public duty

He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1911, and Chairman of Leicestershire County Council

Civil Service

Honours

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1920 New Year Honours for service as private secretary to successive First Lords of the Admiralty. He was also awarded the Legion of Honour and the Order of Crown of Italy. [4]

Personal life

He married, in 1909, the Honourable Mary Sydney Colebrooke, daughter of Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke. They had two daughters:

Packe lived at Prestwold Hall, Prestwold, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, which had been purchased by his ancestor Lord Mayor of London Sir Christopher Packe. He died at Prestwold Hall in 1946. [3]

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References

  1. ‘PACKE, Sir Edward Hussey’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 28 Dec 2013
  2. Sir Edward Packe (Obituaries) The Times Monday, May 13, 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50450; col D
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituary: Sir Edward Packe". The Times . 13 May 1946. p. 7.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Who's Who 1935 - Entry for Sir Edward Hussey Packe