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Paget Family
Paget is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin which may refer to: * Lord Alfred Paget (1816–1888), British soldier, courtier and politician * Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), British cowboy, industrialist, yachtsman and politician * Sir Arthur Paget (British Army officer) (1851–1928), British Army general * Sir Bernard Paget (1887–1961), British Army general * Lady Caroline Paget (1913–1973), British socialite and actress * Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885–1947), British soldier * Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey (born 1950), British nobleman * Charles Paget (conspirator) (c. 1546–1612), Roman Catholic conspirator * Charles Paget (politician) (1799–1873), MP for Nottingham in the 1850s * Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer) (1778–1839), MP and vice-admiral * Charles Souders Paget (1874–1933), American architect in Canton, China * Christopher Paget (born 1987), English cricketer * Clara Paget (born 1988), British model and actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Normans
The Anglo-Normans ( nrf, Anglo-Normaunds, ang, Engel-Norðmandisca) were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Normans, French, Anglo-Saxons, Flemings and Bretons, following the Norman conquest. A small number of Normans had earlier befriended future Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor, during his exile in his mother's homeland of Normandy in northern France. When he returned to England some of them went with him, and so there were Normans already settled in England prior to the conquest. Edward's successor, Harold Godwinson, was defeated by Duke William the Conqueror of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings, leading to William's accession to the English throne. The victorious Normans formed a ruling class in Britain, distinct from (although inter-marrying with) the native populations. Over time their language evolved from the continental Old Norman to the distinct Anglo-Norman language. Anglo-Normans quickly establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer. Career Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarvon Boroughs from 1796 to 1806. In 1808, he was with John Moore in Gothenburg assist the Swedish in the Finnish War. Moore's disagreements with Gustavus IV soon led to their being sent home where they were ordered to Portugal. He served in the British Army during the Peninsular War commanding the reserve at the Battle of Corunna in 1809 and then conducting the advance to Oporto in 1809, during which he lost his right arm. He was second in command under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1811 and was captured by French cavalry in 1812 and kept a prisoner for two years until the end of the War. From 1816 to 1821 he was a Groom of the Bedchamber in the service of George IV, including a period 1816 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Paget
Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton, QC (2 September 1908 – 2 January 1990), also known as Reginald Guy Thomas Du Voeux Paget, was a British lawyer and Labour politician. Career The son of Major Guy Paget, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read law, but did not graduate. Paget joined the Labour Party whilst he was an undergraduate at Cambridge, a decision made striking by the fact that his family had produced five generations of Conservative MPs. He was called to the bar in 1934. He stood as the Labour candidate for Northampton in 1935, but was not elected. During World War II he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1940–43). After the war, he was advocate for Field Marshal Erich von Manstein during his trial for war crimes. He later wrote ''Manstein: His Campaigns and His Trial'' (1957). He took silk in 1947. He stood again as the Labour candidate for Northampton ten years later in 1945, and won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Paget
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Julian Tolver Paget, 4th Baronet, (11 July 1921 – 25 September 2016) was a British army officer and military historian who was the author of many books. Early life He was born in London and was the eldest son of General Sir Bernard Paget. He was educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire and read medicine at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. Military career Paget was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in March 1940 and from August 1942 served with the 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards, part of the Guards Armoured Division. He served in NW Europe during the Second World War, including in the battle for Normandy, in the Liberation of Brussels and in the attempt to reach the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem in September 1944. At the end of the War he was at Cuxhaven, northern Germany. His younger brother Lieutenant Tony Paget DSO served with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 43rd) and was kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paget (barrister)
John Paget (1811–1898) was an English barrister, police magistrate and author. Life He was born on 14 May 1811 in Humberstone, Leicestershire, the second son of Thomas Paget, a banker in Leicester. He was educated at home, and after some years as assistant in his father's bank, entered the Middle Temple on 16 October 1835, and was called to the bar on 2 November 1838.W. F. Rae, revised by Eric Metcalfe"Paget, John (1811–1898)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2108. As a young man Paget was a Whig, an activist for the Great Reform Bill, and a member of the Reform Club from its foundation in 1836. He was a member of the library committee there for 24 years, being chairman of it from 1861 to 1865. From 1850 till 1855, he was secretary first to Lord Chancellor Truro, and then to Lord Chancellor Cranworth. In 1864, Paget was appointed a magistrate at the Thames police court; he was transferred from it to the Hamme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paget (author)
John Paget (18 April 1808 – 10 April 1892), ''Paget János'' in Hungarian, was an English agriculturist and author on Hungary. Life and works Paget was born in Loughborough. He was educated at the Unitarian Manchester College at York, and then read medicine. He travelled extensively in Europe. He married the Hungarian Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi Banffy (née de Hadad), divorced wife of Baron Ladislaus Banffy, on 15 November 1836. He lived on his wife's estate in Transylvania, developing the farming there with an "improved" breed of cow, and campaigning for improvements to agriculture. His diary, in six volumes, was in Hungary's National Museum (and today it is in the National Széchényi Library in Budapest). Volumes 1-5 contain observations on natural history around Europe. Volume 6 records Hungary's 1849 war of independence, in which Paget took part. He is known for his 1839 book ''Hungary and Transylvania''. In 1878 after the World Exhibition in Paris he was given the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paget (priest)
John Paget (1574 18 August 1638) was an English nonconforming clergyman, who became pastor at the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam. He was a steadfast defender of Presbyterianism and orthodox Calvinism in numerous controversies with English exiles in the Dutch Republic. Origins John Paget seems to have been descended from the Paget family of Rothley, which is on the edge of Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire. He and Thomas Paget, his younger brother and fellow Puritan minister, were possibly born there or elsewhere in the county. His nephew and adopted son, Robert Paget, described himself as, ''Licestrensis'', "a Leicestershire man", on registration at Leiden University in 1628, suggesting that John and Thomas Paget had at least one brother who continued to live in the county. The vicar of Rothley in 1564 was Harold Paget and the family's connection with the village was long-lasting: a memorial window to family members was dedicated in the parish church in 1897. Educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock Paget
Jonathan "Jock" Paget (born 17 November 1983) is a New Zealand equestrian who won a bronze medal in Team eventing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 he became only the second rider to win the Badminton Horse Trials on debut after fellow New Zealander Mark Todd. Early life Paget was born in Wellsford before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986. After completing his education he undertook an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and began riding at age 18. He went to rodeo school and applied for a working pupil role with Australian event rider Kevin McNab in Tamborine, Queensland. Under McNab's tutelage Paget progressed from never having jumped a fence, to competing at three-star level eventing in less than two years. After working for McNab for three years, he went to Sydney in 2006 to set up a business producing and competing horses. However, the 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak An outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in Australia was confirmed by the Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Paget
Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included ''Lectures on Tumours'' (1851) and ''Lectures on Surgical Pathology'' (1853). There are several medical conditions which were described by, and later named after, Paget: * Paget's disease of bone * Paget's disease of the nipple (a form of intraductal breast cancer spreading into the skin around the nipple) ** Extramammary Paget's disease refers to a group of similar, more rare skin lesions discovered by Radcliffe Crocker in 1889 which affect the male and female genitalia. * Paget–Schroetter disease * Paget's abscess, an abscess that recurs at the site of a former abscess which had resolved. Life Paget was born in Great Yarmouth, England, on 11 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Paget (other)
Henry Paget may refer to: * Henry Paget, 2nd Baron Paget (c. 1539–1568) * Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (first creation) (1663–1743) * Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (second creation) (1744–1812) * Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1719–1769) * Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854) * Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (1797–1869) * Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey (1821–1880), British peer and Liberal politician * Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (1835–1898), British peer * Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey (1875–1905) * Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey (8 October 1922 – 13 July 2013), styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer and a military historian. Biography Henry Paget was the son of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess ... (1922–2013) * Henry M. Paget (1856–1936), British painter and illustrator * Henry Luke Paget (1853–1937), Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Paget, 7th Marquess Of Anglesey
George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey (8 October 1922 – 13 July 2013), styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer and a military historian. Biography Henry Paget was the son of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Victoria Manners, the eldest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, and was baptised with George V and Mary of Teck as his godparents. He was the brother of Lady Rose McLaren and the nephew of Lady Diana Cooper. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. Along with his wife, he attended the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. At the time of his death in 2013 it was believed they were the only living married couple apart from Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to have attended the Coronation. He used the courtesy title of Earl of Uxbridge until he succeeded to the marquessate in 1947. Education He was educated at Wixenford School and Eton College.Andrew Cox, Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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