| Charles William Packe | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire |
| Term Start: | 18 February 1836 |
| Term End: | 27 October 1867 |
| Alongside: | George Curzon-Howe (1857–1867) Henry Halford (1836–1857) |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Frewen Turner Henry Halford |
| Successor: | George Curzon-Howe Thomas Paget |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1792 |
| Restingplace: | Packe family mausoleum, Branksome Dene Chine, Poole |
| Residence: | Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Parents: | Charles James Packe |
| Relations: | George Hussey Packe |
Charles William Packe (23 September 1792 – 27 October 1867) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Packe was the oldest son of Charles James Packe and Penelope Dugdale, daughter of Richard Dugdale of Blyth Hall.[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
He was elected MP for South Leicestershire at a by-election in 1836 and held the seat until his death in 1867.[3] During this time, he rented a home at Richmond Terrace, just off Whitehall, in London.[2]