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| John Somerset Pakington | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 20 February 1799 | Born (Powick, Worcs.; as John Somerset Russell, son of William Russell and Elizabeth Pakington) | ||
| 14 August 1822 | Married firstly Mary (died 1843), daughter of Moreton Aglionby Slaney | ||
| 14 March 1831 | Assumed the name of Pakington, having inherited the estates of his uncle, Sir John Pakington, eighth baronet | ||
| 24 July 1837 | 3 February 1874 | M.P. (Conservative) for Droitwich | |
| 2 June 1844 | Married Augusta Anne (died 1848), daughter of George Murray, bishop of Rochester | ||
| 13 July 1846 | Created Baronet Pakington of Westwood, Worcs | ||
| 4 June 1851 | Married Augusta (died 1892), daughter of Thomas Champion de Crespigny | ||
| 27 February 1852 | 28 December 1852 | Privy Councellor | |
| 27 July 1852 | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Derby's first ministry (the 'Who?, who? ministry', so-called because the now almost deaf Duke of Wellington called out 'Who?, who?' when each of it's members names were announced in the House of Lords) | ||
| 8 March 1858 | 28 June 1859 | First Lord of the Admiralty in Derby's second ministry | |
| 15 June 1859 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 1861 | 1863 | President of The Royal Statistical Society | |
| 13 July 1866 | 8 March 1867 | First Lord of the Admiralty in Derby's third ministry | |
| 8 March 1867 | 9 December 1868 | Secretary of State for War in Disraeli's first ministry | |
| 6 March 1874 | Created 1st Baron Hampton of Hampton Lovett | ||
| 1875 | 1880 | Chief Civil Service Commissioner (until he dier) | |
| 9 April 1880 | Died | ||
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