Caroline Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (born Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers; 16 December 1774 – 16 June 1835), previously Lady Paget, was the wife of Henry Paget, Lord Paget (later 1st Marquess of Anglesey), until their divorce in 1810, and subsequently the wife of

George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, (22 September 1768 – 22 October 1839), styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman. Background Argyll was the el ...

, a friend of her first husband.

Early life

She was the third daughter of

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, a former MP who became a courtier to King

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after he inherited the earldom, and Frances Twysden. Her mother was one of the mistresses of King

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. Her paternal grandparents were

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, and the former

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(who was born Lady Anne Egerton, and was the widow of Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford, before she married Lord Jersey in 1733). Her maternal grandparents were The Rt Revd Dr Philip Twysden,

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and his second wife, Frances Carter (later wife of General James Johnston).

Personal life

On 5 July 1795 in London, Lady Caroline was married to Henry, ''styled'' Lord Paget, who at that time was MP for Carnarvon. He was the eldest son of Henry Bayley-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and the former Jane Champagné (a daughter of the Very Revd Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise, Ireland). Together, they had eight children: * Lady Caroline Paget (1796–1874), who married

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, son of the 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon (eldest child of the 4th Duke of Gordon) *

Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey 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 British peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1 ...

(1797–1869), who married Eleanora Campbell, granddaughter of

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* Lady Jane Paget (1798–1876), who married

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* Lady Georgina Paget (1800–1875), who married

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* Lady Augusta Paget (1802–1872), who married

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* Captain

Lord William Paget Captain Lord William Paget (1 March 1803 – 17 May 1873) was a British naval commander and Whig politician. Biography Paget was the second son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, by his first wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth, ...

(1803–1873), who married Frances de Rottenburg, daughter of Francis de Rottenburg * Lady Agnes Paget (1804–1845), who married

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* Lord Arthur Paget (1805–1825) A portrait of Caroline with her son Henry, painted in 1800 by

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, is held at her former marital home of Plas Newydd, now in the care of the

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. In 1810, prior to Paget's elevation to the peerage, the couple were divorced as a result of his affair with

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, whose husband,

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, was the brother of the Duke of Wellington. Charlotte's brother Henry Cadogan challenged Paget to a

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, but neither was hurt. Caroline then sued her husband for divorce in the Scottish courts. A divorce was granted in November 1810.

Second marriage

Her second marriage, to

, took place at

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, Edinburgh, only three weeks later. It was the duke's only marriage, and there were no children. The duchess is supposed to have told Paget's brother that she had never previously known "the superlative degree of bliss which she was now enjoying". The duchess died in Dumbarton, Scotland, aged 60, and was buried at

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, London.

Descendants

Through her eldest daughter Caroline, she is a direct ancestor of

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, and of her sons,

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, and

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References

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