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PAGET, HON. THOMAS, third son of William Paget, 4th Baron Paget, and Lettice, dau. of Henry Knollys, Kingsbury, Warwickshire; bapt. 12 Jan 1614/5; at school under Osbaldeston (Alum. Cant. ); at Eton Coll. 1625-30; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Nov 1632, aged 16; MA 1633; unm. ; buried Drayton, Middlesex 4 Jan 1649/50.

PAGET, HENRY, 2nd MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, eldest son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 6 Jul 1797; adm. 15 Jul 1807; left 1812; Lieut., 7th Light Dragoons 21 Jul 1814; Capt., 7 Feb 1817; 1st Life Guards 8 Mar 1820; Maj., 17 Jun 1823; Lieut. -Col., 5 Aug 1823; half-pay, unattached 15 May 1827; Brevet Col., 22 Jun 1838; styled Earl of Uxbridge 1815-54; MP Anglesey 1820-32; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Paget 15 Jan 1833; took Whig/Liberal whip; Lord Chamberlain of the Household 6 May 1839 – Sep 1841; Privy Councillor 22 May 1839; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Anglesey 29 Apr 1854; Lord Lieut., Anglesey, from 18 May 1854; m. 1st, 5 Aug 1819 (remarried at St. George’s, Hanover Square 8 Feb 1820) Eleanora, second dau. of John Campbell MP, Shawfield; m. 2nd, 27 Aug 1833 Henrietta Maria, sister of George Talbot Bagot (qv); m. 3rd, 8 Mar 1860 Ellen Jane, divorced wife of James Morton Bell (IGI), and dau. of George Burnand; d. 6 Feb 1869.

PAGET, HENRY WILLIAM, 1ST MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, eldest son of Henry Paget (formerly Bayly), 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, only dau. of Very Rev. Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise; b. 17 May 1768; adm. 8 Sep 1777; left 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1784; MA 1786; Capt., Staffordshire Militia 12 Dec 1790; raised a company of infantry from his father’s tenantry which became known as the 80th Foot, of which he became Lieut. -Col., (temp. rank) 12 Sep 1793; served with it under Duke of York in Flanders 1794; Lieut., 7th Foot 11 Mar 1795; Capt., 23rd Foot 25 Mar 1795; Maj., 65th Foot 29 May 1795; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 80th Foot 30 May 1795; 16th Light Dragoons 16 Jun 1795; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796; Lieut. -Col., 7th Light Dragoons 6 Apr 1797; commanded cavalry brigade in Duke of York’s expedition to Netherlands 1799; Col., 7th Light Dragoons 16 May 1801 – Dec 1842; Major-Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; in command of cavalry which covered Sir John Moore’s retreat to Corunna 1808; commanded an infantry division in Walcheren expedition 1809; commanded allied cavalry and horse artillery at battle of Waterloo, where he lost a leg; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 20 Dec 1842; Field Marshal 9 Nov 1846; MP Caernarvon 1790-6, Milborne Port 1796 – Jun 1804, 1806 – Jan 1810; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Uxbridge 13 Mar 1812; created Marquis of Anglesey 4 Jul 1815; supported Tory governments to 1829; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (with a seat in the Cabinet) 30 Apr 1827 – 29 Jan 1828; Privy Councillor 30 Apr 1827; Lord Lieut., Ireland 27 Feb 1828 – dismissal Jan 1829, for adopting conciliatory attitude to Roman Catholic claims; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 6 Mar 1828; reappointed Lord Lieut. Ireland by incoming Whig government 23 Dec 1830, holding post to resignation on health grounds Sep 1833; took Whig whip in House of Lords 1830 onwards; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (without seat in Cabinet) 8 Jul 1846 – 27 Feb 1852; Lord Lieut., Anglesey, from 28 Apr 1812, and Lord Lieut., Staffordshire, from 3 Feb 1849; GCB 2 Jan 1815; GCH 1816; KG 19 Feb 1818; Busby Trustee 27 May 1820; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1795 Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; m. 2nd, 1810 Lady Charlotte Cadogan, divorced wife of Hon. Henry Wellesley (afterwards 1st Earl Cowley), and sister of Hon. William Bromley Cadogan (qv); d. 29 Apr 1854. DNB.

PAGET, HENRY WILLIAM GEORGE, 3rd MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, only son of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 9 Dec 1821; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); left Jul 1837; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 21 May 1841; retd. 23 May 1845; MP (Whig) South Staffordshire Feb 1854-7; styled Earl of Uxbridge 1854-69; succ. father as 3rd Marquis of Anglesey 6 Feb 1869; took Liberal whip, House of Lords; DL Staffordshire 1851; m. 7 Jun 1845 Sophia, dau. of James Eversfield, Denne Park, Sussex; d. 30 Jan 1880.

PAGET, FRANCIS EDWARD, eldest son of Hon. Sir Edward Paget (qv), and his first wife; b. 24 May 1806; adm. 16 Sep 1817 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1824, Canoneer Student 1825-36; BA 1828; MA 1830; supported Oxford Movement of 1833; ordained; Rector of Elford, Staffs., from 1835; author, Some Records of the Ashtead Estate and of its Howard possessors, 1873, and of various novels with historical or religious themes; his book, A Student Penitent, 1875, is based on letters from Richard Graham (qv) and his tutor Hugh Todd, preserved at Levens Hall, Westmorland; m. 2 Jun 1840 Fanny, dau. of Rev. William Chester, Rector of Denton, Norfolk; d. 4 Aug 1882. DNB.

Paget, Ernest Villiers, brother of Leopold Cecil Paget (q.v.); b. April 10, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left April 1891; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. Oct, 1893; B.A., 1896; Ely Theol. Coll.; ordained deacon 1897, priest 1899 (Chichester); Curate of St. Barnabas, Hove, Sussex, 1897-8, of St. Bartholomew's, Brighton, Sussex, 1898-1913; Vicar of St. Augustine's, Victoria Park, London, 1913-20; Assist. Chaplain, Convent of the Holy Cross, Haywards Heath, Sussex, 1921; Chaplain 1925; d. Oct. 9, 1928.

PAGET, HON. SIR EDWARD, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); b. 3 Nov 1775; at school 1791; left Easter 1792; while at school he received such a thrashing from one of the bigger boys that it was for some time doubtful whether he would recover from the injuries inflicted upon him, but he would never reveal the identity of his assailant (The Paget Papers, 1896, vi-vii); Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 23 Mar 1792; Capt., 54th Foot 1 Dec 1792; Maj., 14 Nov 1793; Lieut. -Col., 28th Foot 30 Apr 1794; Brevet Col. and ADC to King 1 Jan 1798; Brig. -Gen. (in Ireland) Oct 1803; Major-Gen., 1 Jan 1805; Col., 80th Foot 23 Feb 1808 – Dec 1815; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Col., 28th Foot, from 26 Dec 1815; Gen., 27 May 1825; served in Flanders and Netherlands, at capture of Minorca, and in Egypt, where he was wounded 21 Mar 1801; commanded the reserve at Corunna 16 Jan 1809; conducted advance from Coimbra, and lost right arm in action before Oporto 12 May 1809; second-in-command to Wellington in Peninsular campaign 1811, but was taken prisoner a few months after his appointment while reconnoitring alone near Burgos, and so lost the rest of the campaign; Governor of Ceylon 1820-2; Commander-in-Chief, India 1822-5; responsible for conduct of campaign in Burma 1824; Governor, RMC Sandhurst 25 Mar 1829; Governor of Chelsea Hospital from 1837; MP Caernarvon 1796-1806, Milborne Port 5 Dec 1810-20; a Groom of the Bedchamber to George IV as Prince Regent and King 6 Jun 1816 – Oct 1821; KB 12 Jun 1812; GCB 2 Jan 1815; m. 1st, 22 May 1805 Hon. Frances Bagot, fourth dau. of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); m. 2nd, 22 Feb 1815 Lady Harriet Legge, fourth dau. of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth; d. 13 May 1849. DNB.

PAGET, HON. SIR ARTHUR, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv); b. 15 Jan 1771; adm. 10 Apr 1780; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – void by absence 22 Dec 1792 (not having resided since 1790); Secretary to Embassy, St. Petersburg 1791-4; MP Anglesey 22 Nov 1794-1807; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1794, to Elector Palatine 1798-9, to Naples 1800-1 and to Vienna 1801-5; Privy Councillor 4 Jan 1804; Ambassador to Constantinople Jun – Oct 1807; KB 21 May 1804; GCB 2 Jan 1815; m. 16 Feb 1809 Lady Augusta Fane, divorced wife of John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (afterwards 1st Earl of Morley), and second dau. of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 26 Jul 1840. DNB.

Paget, Algernon Berkeley, brother of Leopold Cecil Paget (q.v.); b. Nov. 1, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left July 1896; m. Jan. 5, 1909, Elizabeth Henniker, elder daughter of John Henniker Heaton, M. P.; d. March 24, 1928.