Thomas Tertius Paget JP, DL (27 December 1807 – 16 October 1892) was an English banker and

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politician. Paget was the eldest son of the banker and Whig politician

Thomas Paget (1778–1862) Thomas Paget (30 December 1778 – 25 November 1862) was a banker and Whig politician in England. He was born the only son of banker Thomas Paget of Ibstock, Leicestershire and founded the bank of Paget and Kirby in 1825, of which he was senior ...

and his wife Anne Pares. He was a partner in Leicester Bank and became a J. P. and a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire and

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in 1869. Paget was elected as a

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(MP) for the Southern Division of Leicestershire at a by-election in November 1867, filling the vacancy caused by the death of the Conservative Party MP Charles William Packe. However, he was defeated at the 1868 general election, and was unsuccessful both at a further by-election in 1870 and at the 1874 general election. He finally regained the seat, after a twelve-year absence from the

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, at the 1880 general election, and when the constituency was abolished under the

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, he was elected at the 1885 general election for the new Harborough Division of Leicestershire. He retired from

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at the 1886 general election. Paget died at the age of 84, having married Katharine Geraldine MacCausland, daughter of Marcus MacCausland of Dreenagh, County Londonderry, in 1850.

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* 1807 births 1892 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire High Sheriffs of Leicestershire {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub