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.
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.