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

Early life

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on 13 September 1609. He was the son of

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and his wife, Lettice Knollys. Among his siblings were Hon. Margaret Paget (wife of

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), Hon. Anne Paget (wife of Sir Simon Harcourt and

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), and Hon. Catherine Paget (wife of Sir Anthony Irby). His paternal grandparents were Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget, and

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(a daughter of Sir John Newton). His maternal grandparents were Sir Henry Knollys (a son of Sir Francis Knollys) and Margaret Cave (a daughter of Sir

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).G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), volume X, page 281.

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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. In , his portrait was painted by

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. In the full-length portrait, he is "wearing a grey doublet trimmed with gold brocade and with lace cuffs and ruff, his shoes with gold trim and a silk scarf tied above his left knee. His right hand resting on a covered table next to his hat. In the distance beyond the room, through a window is a view of Venice behind."

Personal life

On 28 June 1632 Paget married Lady Frances

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, daughter of

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and his wife, Isabel Cope (a daughter of Sir

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). From 1637 to 1643 they lived at 43 King Street, Covent Garden. Together, they were the parents of ten children: *

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(1637–1713), who married Frances Pierrepont, a daughter of Hon. Francis Pierrepont (son of the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull). After her death, he married his cousin, Isabella Irby, a daughter of Sir Anthony Irby and Hon. Catherine Paget. * Hon. Henry Paget (b. ), who married Mary O'Rorke, daughter of Col. Hugh O'Rorke,

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, in 1684. After her death, he married Anne Sandford. * Hon. Thomas Paget (b. ) * Hon. Isabella Paget (b. ) * Hon. Lettice Paget (b. ), who married

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. * Hon. Elizabeth Paget (b. ) * Hon. Frances Paget (b. ), who married Rowland Hunt. * Hon. Penelope Paget (b. ), who married

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. * Hon. Diana Paget (b. –1707), who married Henry Ashhurst. * Hon. Anne Paget (b. ) Lord Paget died on 19 October 1678, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, volume 1, page 445.

Descendants

Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Dorothy Paget (d. ), who married Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet, and Brig.-Gen. Thomas Paget (d. 1741), the Governor of

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who married Mary Whitcombe (they were the parents of Caroline Paget (d. 1766), who married

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 Lambar ...

in 1737). Through his daughter Penelope, he is a direct ancestor to

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References

External links

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