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 1841.

Background

Anglesey was the eldest son of Field Marshal

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 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 officer and politician. After serving as a member ...

and his first wife, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter of

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, Lord Alfred Paget and

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. He was

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of the

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from 1853 to 1855. Described as a keen sportsman, who devoted his time to shooting, coursing, racing and cricket, Anglesey helped found Worthing Cricket Club in Sussex in 1855.

Political career

Anglesey entered the

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for

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in 1820, a seat he held until 1832. He was State Steward to the

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between 1828 and 1829. In 1832 he was summoned to the

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through a

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in his father's junior title Baron Paget. He served under

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as a

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from 1837 to 1839 and as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1839 to 1841 and was sworn of the

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in 1839. In 1854 he inherited the marquessate on the death of his father and also succeeded his father as

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, an office he held until his death in 1869.

Family

Lord Anglesey married, firstly, on 5 August 1819, Eleanora Campbell, second daughter of Colonel John Campbell and the writer Lady Charlotte and granddaughter of

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. They had three children: *Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (13 May 1820 – 17 November 1848) she married Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Bt. on 4 February 1847. *

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(9 December 1821 – 30 January 1880) he married Sophia Eversfield on 7 June 1845. *Lady Constance Henrietta Paget (22 January 1823 – 5 March 1878) she married

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on 6 August 1846. They had four children. After his first wife's death in July 1828, he married, secondly, Henrietta Bagot, fourth daughter of

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, on 27 August 1833. They had four children: * son(4 May 1834 – 8 May 1834) * Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (25 December 1835 – 13 October 1898) he married Elizabeth Norman (1841 – 5 November 1873) on 24 August 1858. He remarried Blanche Boyd (d. 14 August 1877) on 2 February 1874. They have one son. He remarried, again, Mary King on 26 June 1880. *Lord Alexander Victor Paget (25 April 1839 – 26 October 1896) he married Hester Stapleton-Cotton (daughter of

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) on 26 August 1880. They have four children including their eldest son 6th Marquess of Anglesey. * son(stillborn) (12 July 1840) *Lady Florence Cecilia Paget (August 1842 – 3 February 1907) she married

Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudoun (22 July 1842 – 10 November 1868), styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer. He was also, starting from most ...

on 16 July 1864. She remarried Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet on 9 June 1870. They have three children. *Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget (5 March 1844 – 25 November 1913) he married Florence Chetwynd (maternal great-granddaughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot through the third son) on 5 June 1877. They have two children. After his second wife's early death in March 1844, aged 28, Lord Anglesey married thirdly, Ellen Burnand, daughter of George Burnand and former wife of J. W. Bell, on 8 March 1860. There were no children from this marriage. He died in

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, London, aged 71, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son from his first marriage, Henry. The Marchioness of Anglesey died Worthing,

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, in June 1874.

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