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Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer, farmer and soldier.

Biography

Paget was born in 1885 to Lord Alexander Paget, third son of

Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (6 July 1797 – 7 February 1869), styled Lord Paget 1812 and 1815 and Earl of Uxbridge from 1815 to 1854, was a Welsh peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1839 ...

, and to Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of

Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere Colonel Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere (24 November 1818 – 1 December 1891) was a British soldier and Conservative politician. Early life Combermere was born at Duncombe House, St. Thomas, Barbados,https://www.archi ...

. He was educated at

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and the

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. In 1905, he succeeded as

Marquess of Anglesey Marquess of Anglesey ( cy, Ardalydd Môn) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, second in command to the Duke of Wellington. The Marquess ...

on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th Marquess. He was also Earl of Uxbridge, Baron Paget, and the 9th Baronet Paget, of Plas Newydd.

Career

Anglesey briefly served in the

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before his election as Mayor of

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from 1911 to 1912. Within the first month of the

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, he rejoined the Royal Horse Guards and was sent to France, but was invalided out. He returned to serve as '' aide-de-camp'' to Sir John Maxwell, the General Officer Commanding in

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– for which he was decorated with the

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(4th class) in 1918 – and to Sir

William Birdwood Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War ...

in Gallipoli. He later served as Assistant Military Secretary to the General Officer Commanding in

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in 1916. He served in the

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. The 6th Marquess of Anglesey was

Lord Chamberlain The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, supervising the departments which support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom while also acting as the main cha ...

to Queen Mary from 1922 until his death in 1947. In the 1928 New Year Honours, he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO). In 1931, he was invested as an Officer in the

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, and promoted to Commander of the Order in 1944. He was

Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey. Since 1761, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974. Lord Lieutenants of Anglesey to 1974 *''see Lord Lieut ...

from 1942 until his death.

Marriage and children

On 3 August 1912, he married

Lady Victoria Manners Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey (''née'' Manners; 20 December 1883 – 3 November 1946) was a British writer on art, an illustrator, and a member of the peerage. Biography Lady Victoria was the eldest daughter of Henry ...

, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, in a grand ceremony performed by the

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and attended by

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. They had six children: * Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (15 June 1913 – ), married

Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Michael Robert Vivian Duff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 1907 – 3 March 1980) was a British socialite who was Lord Lieutenant first of Caernarvonshire, and then of Gwynedd. Family Duff was the only son of Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd B ...

*Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916–1980), married Raimund von Hofmannsthal, son of

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Early life Hofmannsthal was born in Landstraße, Vienna, the son of an upper-class ...

*Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (19 January 1918 – ), died unmarried * Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (27 July 1919 – ), married

John Francis McLaren John Francis McLaren (19 June 1919 – 23 March 1953) was a Royal Air Force officer. He was the younger son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel MacNaghten. Career Educated at Eton College, McLaren became an RAF squadron leade ...

* George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (afterwards 7th Marquess) (8 October 1922 – ) *Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (8 Oct 1922 – 7 February 2017 (aged 94)), married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell The Marquess died in London, aged 61, following an operation.

Residences

Until

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, the 6th Marquess of Anglesey mainly lived at Beaudesert, the Paget family estate and stately home on the southern edge of

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. Heavy taxation after the war (combined with the considerable debts resulting from the extravagant lifestyle of the 5th Marquess) meant that the 6th Marquess could no longer afford to maintain the property at Beaudesert, so in 1920 he left to live at Plas Newydd. The Beaudesert estate was broken up and sold off, with the Marquess donating 120 acres of land to the

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in 1920, and a further gift in 1938 was made to the people of Staffordshire. At Plas Newydd, the 6th Marquess commissioned the artist

Rex Whistler Reginald John "Rex" Whistler (24 June 190518 July 1944) was a British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes. He was killed in action in Normandy in World War II. Whistler was the brother of poet and ...

to undertake a decorative mural scheme. The ''

trompe-l'œil ''Trompe-l'œil'' ( , ; ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. ''Trompe l'oeil'', which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into ...

'' paintings and

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and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of the major attractions at the property.

Gallery

Lady Marjorie Manners.jpg, Paget's wife, Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners 1912 British headquarters staff Egypt 1915.jpg, Lord Anglesey (centre) with Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Captain Walford in

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, early 1915.

Honours

UK King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon

UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon

UK George VI Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal ribbon

* In 1912 He was awarded the

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of the

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Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

References

External links

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Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...