Francesca Packer Barham: a thoroughly modern heiress

By Jenna Clarke
Updated June 29 2016 - 10:13am, first published June 19 2016 - 12:00am
Francesca Packer Barham (back row, second from left, in red dress) with fellow first-time socialites at the 2013 Bal des Débutantes in Paris.
Francesca Packer Barham (back row, second from left, in red dress) with fellow first-time socialites at the 2013 Bal des Débutantes in Paris.
Francesca Packer says her grandfather didn't like to wait for things. "It's probably a family trait." Photo: Steven Chee
Francesca Packer says her grandfather didn't like to wait for things. "It's probably a family trait." Photo: Steven Chee

For many 21-year-olds, the adage "The world is your oyster" rings true. But if they were Francesca Packer Barham, that oyster would be a pearl-bearing Pinctada.

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