William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (13 September 1609 – 19 October 1678) was an English peer. He was born at Beaudesert House,

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William Paget, 4th Baron Paget William Paget, 4th Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1572 – 29 August 1629) was an English peer and colonist born in Beaudesert House, Staffordshire, England to Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget and Nazareth Newton. His grandfather was William Paget, 1st ...

and Lettice Knollys.

Career

He was a Parliamentarian with land in

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. At the outbreak of the

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in 1641, he was made the Parliamentarian

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. However the following year he swapped sides to become a

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under King Charles I and so was dismissed from that role and replaced by

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Family

On 28 June 1632 Paget married Lady

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, daughter of

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and Isabel Cope. From 1637 to 1643 they lived at 43 King Street, Covent Garden. William and Frances had ten children: #

William Paget, 6th Baron Paget William Paget, 6th Baron Paget (10 February 1637 – 26 February 1713) was an English peer and ambassador. He was the eldest son of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget and Lady Isabella Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland. Paget was Engl ...

(10 February 1637 – 25 February 1713) married (1) Frances Pierrepont (2) Isabella Irby #Henry Paget (born c. 1643) married (1) 29 March 1684 Mary O'Rorke, daughter of Hugh O'Rorke and Joan Reynolds, (2) Mary or Anne Sandford, or vice versa, and had by Mary O'Rorke: ##

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, Governor of

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, married Mary Whitcombe; their daughter Caroline Paget (died 7 February 1766) married in 1737

Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (1709 – 9 December 1782), was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. Background and education Bayly was the eldest son of Sir Edward Bayly, 1st Baronet, and Dorothy, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Lambart. ...

#Thomas Paget (born c. 1645) #Isabella Paget (born c. 1647) #Lettice Paget (born c. 1649) married

Richard Hampden Richard Hampden (baptized 13 October 1631 – 15 December 1695) was an English Whig politician and son of Ship money tax protester John Hampden. He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1689 and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 18 March 1690 unti ...

#Elizabeth Paget (born c. 1651) #Frances Paget (born c. 1653) married Rowland Hunt #Penelope Paget (born c. 1655) married

Philip Foley Philip Foley (12 May 1648 – December 1716) was the youngest of the three surviving sons of the British ironmaster Thomas Foley (1616–1677), Thomas Foley. His father transferred all his ironworks in the West Midlands (region), Midlands to him ...

. They are ancestors of

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. #Diana Paget (born c. 1657 died 1707) married Henry Ashhurst #Anne Paget (born c. 1659)

References

thepeerage.com
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family search.org
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