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Pain, Arthur Richard, second son of Arthur Cadlick Pain, of Frimley, Surrey, C.E., by Alice Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cooper, of Kensington; b. April 16, 1880; adm. May 3, 1894 (G); left April 1898; adm. a solicitor July 1903; practised at Marlborough, Wilts.; Lieut. 9th (Reserve) Batt. Somerset Light Infantry Nov. 14, 1914; served in Great War I in Gallipoli; from 1923 in business in London; m. Dec. 7, 1912, Irene, younger daughter of Sir John William Benn, Bart.; d. Dec. 24, 1942.

PAGET, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); b. 22 Dec 1769; adm. 23 Jun 1779; in school lists 1781; Midshipman, Royal Navy 1783; Lieut.; Cdr., 19 Nov 1790; Post Capt., 7 Feb 1793; commanding HMS Romney 1793-4; captured French frigate La Sibylle at Miconi Bay 17 Jun 1794; MP Anglesey from 1790; d. at sea 15 Sep 1794.

PAGET, LYMING, second son of Richard Paget, Westminster, and his first wife Abigail, dau. of Lyming Dickenson, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1673; adm. Middle Temple 10 May 1681, called to bar 6 May 1687; m. Ann --- (IGI); d. 6 Nov 1731.

PAGET, LORD WILLIAM, second son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Mar 1803; adm. 24 Sep 1813; left Christmas 1816; 1st class Volunteer, Royal Navy 1 Apr 1817; Lieut., 18 Apr 1823; Cdr., 20 Apr 1825; Capt., 18 Oct 1826; retd. 1833; served with British Legion in Spain as Lieut. -Col., 7th Light Infantry 1 Nov 1835; Brevet Col., 20 Feb 1836; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Lancers May 1836; MP Carnarvon 1826-30, (Whig) Andover 1841-7; m. 22 Jan 1827 Frances, only dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Francis, Baron de Rottenburgh KCH; d. at Boulogne 17 May 1873.

PAGET, LORD GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, third son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Mar 1818; adm. 27 Apr 1829; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 25 Jul 1834; Lieut., 1 Dec 1837; Capt., unattached, half-pay 17 Aug 1841; 4th Light Dragoons 17 Jun 1842; Maj., 30 Jan 1846; Lieut. -Col., 29 Dec 1846; Brevet Col., 20 Jun 1854; Major-Gen., 11 Nov 1861; Col., 7th Dragoon Guards 28 Jan 1868 – Jan 1874 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Feb 1871; Col., 4th Light Dragoons (Hussars), from 7 Jan 1874; Gen., 1 Oct 1877; served in Crimean War, commanding 4th Light Dragoons in Light Cavalry charge at battle of Balaclava, and the remains of the Light Brigade at battle of Inkerman; MP (Whig) Beaumaris 1847-57; KCB 2 Jun 1869; his Crimean Journals were printed for private circulation in 1875, a published edition following in 1881; m. 1st, 27 Feb 1854 his cousin Agnes Charlotte, third dau. of Hon. Sir Arthur Paget (qv); m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1861 Louisa, youngest dau. of Charles Fieschi Heneage, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber; d. 30 Jun 1880. DNB.

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.

PAGET, LORD ARTHUR, third son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Jan 1805; adm. 20 Feb 1815 (G); one of the leaders of the rebellion that was caused by Goodenough’s order that fags were no longer to be compelled to clean shoes, grates or candlesticks (Autobiography and Journals of Lord Clarence E. Paget, 1896, 6-7); left Easter 1822; Cornet, 7th Hussars 11 Apr 1822; Lieut., 25 Aug 1824; d. from effects of an accident while hunting in Yorkshire 28 Dec 1825.

PAGET, LORD ALFRED HENRY, second son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his second wife; b. 29 Jun 1816; adm. 27 Apr 1829; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 6 Jul 1832; Lieut., 14 Mar 1834; Capt., unattached, half-pay 20 Oct 1840; 7th Light Dragoons 3 Jul 1841; Maj., unattached, half-pay 16 May 1845; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 26 Oct 1858; Major-Gen., 6 Mar 1868; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Oct 1877; retd. with hon. rank Gen., 1 Jul 1881; MP (Whig/Liberal) Lichfield 1837-65; Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria 1846-52, 1852-8, 1859-74, Clerk Marshal only from 1874; CB 21 Jun 1887; Vice-Commodore, Royal Thames Yacht Club; a well-known figure in London society; m. 8 Apr 1847 Cecilia, second dau. of George Thomas Wyndham, Cromer Hall, Norfolk; d. on board his yacht off Inverness 24 Aug 1888. DNB.

Paget, Leopold Cecil, second son of Berkeley Paget, of Kensington, by Gertrude Fanny, second daughter of the Right Rev. the Hon. Henry Montague Villiers, Bishop of Durham; b. Jan. 25, 1871; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left July 1888; J.P. East Riding 1916; agent successively for the Yorkshire estates of Lord Harewood and Lord Manton; for many years hon. director of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society; m. July 1, 1897, Christina Jessie, daughter of S. Mackenzie; d. April 3, 1934.