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PAGET, LORD CLARENCE EDWARD, eldest son of Henry William Paget, 2nd Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his second wife; b. 17 Jun 1811; adm. 22 Jun 1821 (G); one of the Royal pages at the Coronation of George IV 19 Jul 1821; left Whitsun 1823; entered Royal Navy as ship boy on HMS Naiad 29 May 1823; Lieut., 14 May 1831; Cdr., 25 Sep 1834; Post Capt., 26 Mar 1839; Rear-Adm., 11 Feb 1858; Vice-Adm., 24 Apr 1865; Adm., 1 Apr 1870; served at battle of Navarino 1827 and in the Baltic and Black Sea 1854-6; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1866-9; retired list 1876; MP (Whig/Liberal) Sandwich 1847-52, 1857- May 1866; Secretary to the Admiralty 1859-66; Privy Councillor 6 May 1866; KCB 2 Jun 1869; GCB 29 May 1886; JP Anglesey 1858, also DL Anglesey; in his Autobiography and Journals, ed. Otway, 1896, 3-7, Lord Clarence relates his experiences as a fag at the School and gives an account of the “Shoes and Candlesticks” rebellion; m. 7 Apr 1852 Martha Stuart, youngest dau. of Adm. Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., GCB; d. 22 Mar 1895. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.