Edward Packe


Sir Edward Hussey Packe KBE DL JP was a British civil servant.

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.

Public duty

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

Civil Service

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920. He was also awarded the Legion of Honour and the Order of Crown of Italy.

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.