Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a
British Army
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officer and politician. After serving as a
member of parliament
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for
Carnarvon and then for
Milborne Port, he took part in the
Flanders Campaign
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and then commanded the cavalry for
Sir John Moore's army in
Spain
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, ...
during the
Peninsular War
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; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the
Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún (21 December 1808) was a cavalry clash at Sahagún, Spain, in which the British 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) defeated two regiments of French cavalry during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Losses to one o ...
and at the
Battle of Benavente, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the
French Imperial Guard. During the
Hundred Days
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he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against
Comte d'Erlon's column at the
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Sevent ...
. At the end of the battle, he lost
part of one leg to a cannonball. In later life he served twice as
Master-General of the Ordnance and twice as
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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.
Background, education and politics
He was born Henry Bayley, the eldest son of
Henry Bayley-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane (''née'' Champagné), daughter of the Very Reverend
Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise, Ireland.
His father assumed the surname Paget in 1770. He was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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and
Christ Church, Oxford
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.
[Heathcote, p. 235]
Paget entered parliament at the
1790 general election as member for
Carnarvon,
[Stooks Smith, p. 594] a seat he held until the 1796 general election when his brother Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...
was elected unopposed in his place. He then represented Milborne Port from 1796
Events
January–March
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until he resigned his seat in 1804 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, and again from the 1806 election to January 1810, when he took the Chiltern Hundreds again.
Military career
At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars
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, Paget raised a regiment of Staffordshire volunteers and was given the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel-commandant in December 1793. As the 80th Regiment of Foot, the unit took part in the Flanders Campaign
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of 1794 under Paget's command.[ He was formally commissioned into the ]British Army
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as a lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
in the 7th Regiment of Foot
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on 14 April 1795 and received rapid promotion, first to captain
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in the 23rd Regiment of Foot, also on 14 April 1795, then to major
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in the 65th Regiment of Foot, on 19 May 1795 and then to lieutenant-colonel in the 80th Regiment of Foot on 30 May 1795. He transferred to the command of the 16th Light Dragoons
The 16th The Queen's Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th Lancers in 1922.
History
Early wars
...
on 15 June 1795. Promoted to colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge ...
on 3 May 1796, he was given command of the 7th Light Dragoons
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on 6 April 1797. He commanded a cavalry brigade at the Battle of Castricum in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
The Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland (or Anglo-Russian expedition to Holland, or Helder Expedition) was a military campaign from 27 August to 19 November 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition, in which an expeditionary force of British an ...
.[Heathcote, p. 236]
Paget was promoted to major-general on 29 April 1802 and lieutenant-general
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on 25 April 1808. He commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún (21 December 1808) was a cavalry clash at Sahagún, Spain, in which the British 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) defeated two regiments of French cavalry during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Losses to one o ...
in December 1808, where his men captured two French lieutenant colonels and so mauled the French chasseurs that they ceased to exist as a viable regiment. He also commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Benavente later in December 1808, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard
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, and then commanded the cavalry again during the Retreat to Corunna in January 1809.[ This was his last service in the ]Peninsular War
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, because his liaison with Lady Charlotte, the wife of Henry Wellesley, afterwards Lord Cowley, made it impossible subsequently for him to serve with Wellington
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, Wellesley's brother.[ His only war service from 1809 to 1815 was in the disastrous Walcheren expedition in 1809, during which he commanded an infantry division.][ In 1810 he was divorced and then married Lady Charlotte, who had been divorced from her husband around the same time.][ He inherited the title of Earl of Uxbridge on his father's death in March 1812 and was appointed a ]Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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on 4 January 1815.
Waterloo
During the Hundred Days
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he was appointed cavalry commander in Belgium
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, under the still resentful eye of Wellington.[ He fought at the ]Battle of Quatre Bras
The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested between el ...
on 16 June 1815 and at the Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Sevent ...
two days later, when he led the spectacular charge of the British heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column which checked and in part routed the French Army.
One of the last cannon shots fired that day hit Paget in the right leg, necessitating its amputation.[ According to anecdote, he was close to Wellington when his leg was hit, and exclaimed, "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" – to which Wellington replied, "By God, sir, so you have!"] According to his aide-de-camp, Thomas Wildman
Colonel Thomas Wildman (1787 – 1859) was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars, a draftsman, and landowner.
Life
He was the eldest son of Thomas Wildman of Bacton Hall, Suffolk, by Sarah, daughter of Henry Hardinge, of Durham ...
, during the amputation Paget smiled and said, "I have had a pretty long run. I have been a beau these 47 years and it would not be fair to cut the young men out any longer."[ While Paget had an articulated ]artificial limb
In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from grc, πρόσθεσις, prósthesis, addition, application, attachment), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trau ...
fitted, his amputated leg meanwhile had a somewhat macabre after-life as a tourist attraction in the village of Waterloo in Belgium, to which it had been removed and where it was later interred.
Paget was created Marquess of Anglesey on 4 July 1815.[ A high monument to his heroism (designed by Thomas Harrison) was erected at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on ]Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
, close to Paget's country retreat at Plas Newydd, in 1816. He was also appointed a Knight of the Garter on 13 March 1818 and promoted to full general
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
on 12 August 1819.
Social life
Paget was the commodore of the Royal Irish Yacht Club
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, based at Sackville Street, Dublin (now O'Connell Street) in 1832 at the time when he served as lord-lieutenant of Ireland.
Later career
Paget's support of the proceedings against Queen Caroline, alleging her infidelity, made him for a time unpopular, and when he was on one occasion beset by a crowd, who compelled him to shout "The Queen!", he added the wish, "May all your wives be like her".[ At the coronation of ]George IV
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in July 1821, Paget acted as Lord High Steward of England. He was also given the additional honour of captain of Cowes Castle on 25 March 1826. In April 1827, he became a member of the Canningite Government, taking the post of Master-General of the Ordnance. Under the Wellington ministry, he accepted the appointment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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in February 1828.
In December 1828, Paget addressed a letter to Patrick Curtis, the Roman Catholic
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primate of Ireland
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, stating his belief in the need for Catholic emancipation
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, which led to his recall by the government; on the formation of Earl Grey's administration in November 1830, he again became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.[ In this capacity he introduced state-aided education for 400,000 children.][ In July 1833, the ministry resigned over the Irish question. Still an impressive horseman even with a cork leg, George Whyte-Melville recalled the crowds that formed to cheer Paget as his well-ridden hack wended the London route from Piccadilly into Albemarle Street. Paget spent the following thirteen years out of office, then joined Lord John Russell's administration as Master-General of the Ordnance in July 1846. He was promoted to field-marshal on 9 November 1846 and, having been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire on 31 January 1849, he finally retired from the Government in March 1852.][Heathcote, p. 237]
Paget also served as honorary colonel of the 7th Light Dragoons
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and later of the Royal Horse Guards. He died of a stroke
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at Uxbridge House in Burlington Gardens on 29 April 1854 and was buried at Lichfield Cathedral
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, where a monument is erected to his honour. He was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Henry.[G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 208. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.]
Family
Paget was first married on 5 July 1795 in London to Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers (16 December 1774 – 16 June 1835), daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
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and Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. They had eight children:[
*Lady Caroline Paget (6 June 1796 – 12 March 1874); married Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond. With her half-sister Lady Adelaide, she was one of the train-bearers to ]Queen Victoria
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at the 1838 coronation.
* Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (6 July 1797 – 7 February 1869); married Eleanora Campbell, granddaughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
*Lady Jane Paget (13 October 1798 – 28 January 1876); married Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham.
*Lady Georgina Paget (29 August 1800 – 9 November 1875); married Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton.
*Lady Augusta Paget (26 January 1802 – 6 June 1872); married Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore
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.
*Captain
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Lord William Paget RN (1 March 1803 – 17 May 1873); married Frances de Rottenburg, daughter of Francis de Rottenburg
*Lady Agnes Paget (11 February 1804 – 9 October 1845); married George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford; they were parents to George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford, Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford
Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford (21 August 1831 – 16 May 1899) was a British peer and courtier.
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and Francis Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford
*Lord Arthur Paget (31 January 1805 – 28 December 1825)
In 1809, Paget scandalously eloped with Lady Charlotte Cadogan (born 12 July 1781), the wife of Henry Wellesley and daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan and Mary Churchill. On 28March 1809, Charlotte's brother, Henry Cadogan
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Early life
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, challenged Paget to a duel
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During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and ...
:
"My Lord, I hereby request you to name a time and place where I may meet you, to obtain satisfaction for the injury done myself and my whole family by your conduct to my sister. I have to add that the time must be as early as possible, and the place not in the immediate neighbourhood of London, as it is by concealment alone that I am able to evade the Police."
The contest took place on Wimbledon Common
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on the morning of 30May with Hussey Vivian as Lord Paget's second and Captain McKenzie as Cadogan's. Both men discharged their pistols, honour was satisfied and the parties left the field uninjured.
Caroline Paget divorced her husband on 29 November 1810, after which he married Lady Charlotte.[ They had ten children, of whom seven survived infancy:][
*Lady Emily Paget (4 March 1810 – 6 March 1893); married John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney.
*]Lord Clarence Paget
Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget (17 June 1811 – 22 March 1895) was a British naval officer, politician, and sculptor.
Naval career
Born the younger son of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Paget in 1827 like many younger sons of nobility enter ...
(17 June 1811 – 22 March 1895); married Martha Stuart, the youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Otway
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.
*Lady Mary Paget (16 June 1812 – 20 February 1859); married John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich
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. They were parents of Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich
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.
* Lord Alfred Paget (29 June 1816 – 24 August 1888); married Cecilia, second daughter and co-heiress of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, Norfolk in 1847.
* Lord George Paget (16 March 1818 – 30 June 1880); a brigadier general
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of the British Army
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.
* Lady Adelaide Paget (January 1820 – 21 August 1890); married Frederick William Cadogan, a son of George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
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and his wife Honoria Louisa Blake. She wrote the first book of patience games
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in the English language as well as other books and plays.''Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Patience or Solitaire''
(1914).
*Lord Albert Paget (December 1821 – April 1822)
*Lord Albert Paget (29 May 1823 – died in infancy)
*Lady Eleanor Paget (21 May 1825 – died in infancy)
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