Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer, farmer and soldier.

Biography

Paget was born in 1885 to Lord Alexander Paget, third son of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, and to Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere. He was educated at Eton and the

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. In 1905, he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless first cousin, the 5th Marquess. He was also Earl of Uxbridge, Baron Paget, and the 9th Baronet Paget, of Plas Newydd.

Career

Anglesey briefly served in the Royal Horse Guards before his election as Mayor of

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from 1911 to 1912. Within the first month of the

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, he rejoined the Royal Horse Guards and was sent to France, but was invalided out. He returned to serve as '' aide-de-camp'' to Sir John Maxwell, the

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– for which he was decorated with the

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(4th class) in 1918 – and to Sir

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in Gallipoli. He later served as Assistant Military Secretary to the General Officer Commanding in

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in 1916. He served in the

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. The 6th Marquess of Anglesey was

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to Queen Mary from 1922 until his death in 1947. In the 1928 New Year Honours, he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO). In 1931, he was invested as an Officer in the Order of Saint John, and promoted to Commander of the Order in 1944. He was Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey from 1942 until his death.

Marriage and children

On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, in a grand ceremony performed by the

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and attended by Prince Arthur of Connaught. They had six children: * Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (15 June 1913 – ), married Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet *Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916–1980), married Raimund von Hofmannsthal, son of

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*Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (19 January 1918 – ), died unmarried * Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (27 July 1919 – ), married John Francis McLaren * George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (afterwards 7th Marquess) (8 October 1922 – ) *Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (8 Oct 1922 – 7 February 2017 (aged 94)), married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell The Marquess died in London, aged 61, following an operation.

Residences

Until

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, the 6th Marquess of Anglesey mainly lived at Beaudesert, the Paget family estate and stately home on the southern edge of

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. Heavy taxation after the war (combined with the considerable debts resulting from the extravagant lifestyle of the 5th Marquess) meant that the 6th Marquess could no longer afford to maintain the property at Beaudesert, so in 1920 he left to live at . The Beaudesert estate was broken up and sold off, with the Marquess donating 120 acres of land to the

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in 1920, and a further gift in 1938 was made to the people of Staffordshire. At Plas Newydd, the 6th Marquess commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme. The paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of the major attractions at the property.

Gallery

Lady Marjorie Manners.jpg, Paget's wife, Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners 1912 British headquarters staff Egypt 1915.jpg, Lord Anglesey (centre) with Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Captain Walford in

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, early 1915.

Honours

UK King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon

UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon

UK George VI Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal ribbon

* In 1912 He was awarded the

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of the County Borough of

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References

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