Templewood House, Frogshall, Norfolk, 30th March 2009

Paul Edward Paget CVO (24 January 1901 – 13 August 1985) was the son of Henry Luke Paget,

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and Elmer Katie Hoare (sister of Sir Samuel Hoare). He became business partner - and life partner - of John Seely (later Lord Mottistone), whom he met at

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, and in 1922 they formed the firm of

Seely & Paget Seely & Paget was the architectural partnership of John Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone (1899–1963) and Paul Edward Paget (1901–1985). Their work included the construction of Eltham Palace in the Art Deco style, and the post-World War II restora ...

, in which Paget concentrated more on clients than on design work. The partners became successful designers of opulent houses in the 1920s and restored many damaged church buildings after

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. Paget was invested as a Fellow of the

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(FRIBA) and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). He was also a Commander,

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(CVO). After Seely's death Paget succeeded him as

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in 1963 but completed little further architectural work. He was master of the

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in 1971.Sussex Parish Churches.
In August 1971, aged 70, Paget married

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in London, England, and retired with her and her children to Templewood in

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, a building he had designed for his uncle Samuel Hoare,

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References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20081208235306/http://www.stfaithslee.org/history.htm
"A Hammersmith Walk"
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110911125108/http://www.bvsda.org.uk/fulbournpcc/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=8859

1901 births 1985 deaths 20th-century English architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London People from Northrepps Architects from Norfolk Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Masters of the Art Worker's Guild {{UK-architect-stub