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Anglesey, Marquess of (UK, 1815)

Creation: let. pat. 4 Jul 1815

Family name: Paget

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Arms:

Sable on a Cross engrailed between four Eagles displayed Argent five Lions passant guardant of the field

Crest:

A Demi Heraldic Tiger Sable maned tufted and ducally gorged Argent

Supporters:

On either side an Heraldic Tiger Sable maned tufted and ducally gorged Argent

Motto:

Per Il Suo Contrario (By means of its own opposite)

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Henry William [Paget], 2nd Earl of Uxbridge later 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG GCB GCH PC

1st son and heir of Henry [Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge, by his wife Jane Champagné, 1st dau. of Very Rev Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise

born

17 May 1768

mar. (1)

25 Jul 1795 (div. 1810) Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers (b. 16 Dec 1774; mar. (2) 29 Nov 1810 George William [Campbell], 6th Duke of Argyll;  d. 16 Jun 1835), 3rd dau. of George Bussey [Villiers], 4th Earl of Jersey, by his wife Frances Twysden, only dau. and hrss. of Rt Rev Philip Twysden DD, Bishop of Raphoe

children by first wife

1. Lord Henry Paget, later 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

2. Capt Lord William Paget RN (b. 1 Mar 1803; d. 17 May 1873), mar. 22 Jan 1827 Baroness Frances de Rottenburg (d. 6 May 1875), dau. of Lt Gen Baron Francis de Rottenburg, and had issue

3. Lord Arthur Paget (d. 1825)

1. Lady Caroline Paget (b. 6 Jun 1796; d. 12 Mar 1874), mar. 10 Apr 1817 Charles [Lennox later Gordon-Lennox], 5th Duke of Richmond, and had issue

2. Lady Jane Paget (b. 13 Oct 1798; d. 28 Jan 1876), mar. 24 Apr 1824 Francis Nathaniel [Conyngham], 2nd Marquess Conyngham, and had issue

3. Lady Georgina Paget (b. 29 Aug 1800; d. 9 Nov 1875), mar. 19 Oct 1833 Edward [Crofton], 2nd Baron Crofton, and had issue

4. Lady Augusta Paget (b. 26 Jan 1802; d. 9 Jun 1872), mar. 27 Jul 1820 Arthur [Chichester], 1st Baron Templemore, and had issue

5. Lady .... Paget

mar. (2)

1810 Lady Charlotte Wellesley (b. 11 Jul 1781; former wife of Henry [Wellesley], 1st Baron Cowley;  d. 8 Jul 1853), 2nd dau. of Charles Sloane [Cadogan], 1st Earl Cadogan, by his second wife Mary Churchill, dau. of Col Charles Churchill

children by second wife

4. Admiral Rt Hon Lord Clarence Edward Paget GCB, Member of Parliament for Sandwich 1847-52 and 1857-76, Secretary to the Admiralty 1859-66, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet 1866-70 (b. 17 Jun 1811; d. 22 Mar 1895), mar. 7 Apr 1852 Martha Stuart Otway (d. 23 Mar 1895), dau. of Admiral Sir Robert Walter Otway, 1st Bt., GCB, and had issue

5. Gen Lord Alfred Henry Paget CB, Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1837-65, Equerry and Clerk-Marshal of the Royal Household (b. 29 Jun 1816; d. 24 Aug 1888), mar. 8 Apr 1847 Cecilia Wyndham (d. 3 May 1914), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Maria Augusta Wyndham, dau. of Vice Adm William Lukyn later Wyndham, of Felbrigg Hall, co. Norfolk, and had issue

6. Gen Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget KCB, Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1847-57, Inspector-General of Cavalry, Brig-Gen commanding Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea (b. 16 Mar 1818; d. 30 Jun 1880). mar. (1) 27 Feb 1854 his cousin Agnes Charlotte Paget (d. 10 Mar 1858), 3rd dau. of Rt Hon Sir Arthur Paget GCB (by his wife Lady Augusta Fane, 2nd dau. by his first wife of John [Fane], 10th Earl of Westmorland), 3rd son of Henry [Bayly later Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and (2) 6 Feb 1861 Louisa Elizabeth Heneage (mar. (2) 25 Apr 1881 as his third wife Arthur Algernon [Capel later Capell], 6th Earl of Essex; d. 25 Jan 1914), 2nd dau. of Charles Fisechi Heneage, by his wife Hon Louisa Elizabeth Graves, 3rd dau. of Thomas North [Graves], 2nd Baron Graves, and had issue by his first wife

6. Lady Emily Paget (b. 4 Mar 1810; dsp. 6 Mar 1893), mar. 4 Aug 1832 John Robert [Townshend], 1st Earl Sydney

7. Lady Mary Paget (b. 16 Jun 1812; d. 20 Feb 1859), mar. 6 Sep 1838 as his first wife John William [Montagu], 7th Earl of Sandwich, and had issue

8. Lady Adelaide Paget (d. 21 Aug 1890), mar. 29 Nov 1851 her cousin Hon Frederick William Cadogan, Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1868-74 (b. 16 Dec 1821; d. 30 Nov 1904), 4th son of George [Cadogan], 3rd Earl Cadogan, by his wife Louisa Honora Blake, sister of Joseph Henry [Blake], 1st Baron Wallscourt, and 5th dau. of Joseph Blake, of Ardfry, co. Galway, and had issue

died

29 Apr 1854

created

4 Jul 1815 Marquess of Anglesey

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for the Carnarvon boroughs 1790-96 and for Milborne Port 1796-1804 and 1806-10; raised his own regiment 1790, Lt Col 16th Light Dragoons 1795, Lt Col 7th Light Dragoons 1797, Col 7th Light Dragoons 1801-42, Maj Gen 1802, Lieut Gen 1808, General 1819, Col Royal Horse Guards 1842-54, Gold Stick-in-Waiting 1842, Field Marshal 1846; suc. his father 13 Mar 1812 as 2nd Earl of Uxbridge;  Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1812-54 and of Staffordshire 1849-54; commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo 1815; GCB 1815; GCH 1816; Knight of the Garter 1818; Lord High Steward for the Coronation of King George IV 1821; Privy Councillor 1827; Master General of the Ordnance 1827-28 and 1846-52; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1828-29 and 1830-33

Henry [Paget], 11th Baron Paget later 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, PC

born

6 Jul 1797

mar. (1)

5 Aug 1819 Eleanora Campbell (b. c. 1799; d. 3 Jul 1828), 2nd dau. of Col John Campbell MP, 4th of Islay, by his wife and fourth cousin Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell, 2nd dau. of John [Campbell], 5th Duke of Argyll

children by first wife

1. Lord Henry William George Paget, later 3rd Marquess of Anglesey

1. Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (dsp. 17 Nov 1848), mar. 4 Feb 1847 Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Bt., of Kirkstall, co. York (dsp. 2 May 1875)

2. Lady Constance Henrietta Paget (b. 22 Jan 1823; d. 5 Mar 1878), mar. 6 Aug 1846 as his first wife George James [Finch-Hatton], 11th Earl of Winchilsea, and had issue

mar. (2)

27 Aug 1833 Henrietta Maria Bagot (b. Sep 1815; d. 22 Mar 1844), 4th dau. of Rt Hon Sir Charles Bagot GCB, Governor General of Canada (by his wife Lady Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, 1st dau. of William [Wesley later Wellesley later Wellesley-Pole], 3rd Earl of Mornington), 2nd son of William [Bagot], 1st Baron Bagot

children by second wife

2. Lord Henry Paget, later 4th Marquess of Anglesey

3. Lord Alexander Victor Paget (b. 25 Apr 1839; d. 26 Oct 1896), mar. 26 Aug 1880 Hon Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton (d. 17 Mar 1930), 2nd dau. of Wellington Henry [Stapleton-Cotton], 2nd Viscount Combermere, and had issue:

1a. Charles Henry Alexander Paget, later 6th Marquess of Anglesey

2a. Capt Lord Victor William Paget MC, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Marquess by Royal Licence 9 Jul 1906 (b. 17 May 1889; d. 11 Feb 1852), mar. (1) 16 Jan 1913 (div. 1921) Olive Mary Meatyard (d. 24 Nov 1947), dau. of George Meatyard, of Kensington, London, (2) 29 Mar 1922 (div. 1932) his second cousin Hon Bridget Colebrooke (d. 27 Jan 1975), 2nd dau. of Edward Arthur [Colebrooke], 1st Baron Colebrooke, by his wife Alexandra Harriet Paget, 7th dau. of Gen Lord Alfred Henry Paget CB (by his wife Cecilia Wyndham, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, co. Norfolk), 2nd son by his second wife of Henry William [Paget], 1st Marquess of Anglesey, and (3) 7 Oct 1935 Mavis Dawson (widow of (1) Lt Henry Mark Hector Robinson RN, and (2) Maj Herbert Macmillan Dawson MC; d. 1977), and had issue by his first and second wives

1a. Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Marquess by Royal Licence 9 Jul 1906 (d. 18 Apr 1965), mar. (1) 23 Apr 1904 Hon Charles John Alton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot MVO, styled Viscount Ingestre (dvp. 6 Jan 1915), only son of Charles Henry John [Chetwynd-Talbot], 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, and (2) 2 Aug 1917 Richard Edmunds Pennover (d. 17 Nov 1968), 1st son of Albert Adams Pennover, of Berkeley, California, USA, and had issue by both husbands

2a. Lady Beatrice Eleanor Paget CBE, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Marquess by Royal Licence 9 Jul 1906, Mayor of Wilton 1942-46 and 1954 (b. 22 Jun 1883; d. 8 Feb 1973), mar. 21 Jan 1904 Reginald [Herbert], 15th Earl of Pembroke, and had issue

4. Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget (b. 5 Mar 1844; d. 25 Nov 1913), mar. 5 Jun 1877 Florence Chetwynd (d. 26 May 1936), only dau. of William Henry Chetwynd, of Longdon Hall, co. Stafford, and had issue

3. Lady Florence Cecilia Paget (b. Aug 1842; d. 3 Feb 1907), mar. (1) 16 Jul 1864 Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet [Rawdon-Hastings], 4th Marquess of Hastings, and (2) 9 Jun 1870 Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Bt., of Grendon, co. Warwick, and had issue by her second husband

mar. (3)

8 Mar 1860 Ellen Jane Bell (b. c.1830; former wife of W J Bell;  d. 2 Jun 1874), dau. of George Burnand

died

7 Feb 1869

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Anglesey 1820-32; sum. to Parliament v.p. in his father's Barony of Paget 15 Jan 1833; a Lord in Waiting 1837-39; State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1828-29; Privy Councillor 1839; Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1839-41; Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1854-69

Henry William George [Paget], 3rd Marquess of Anglesey

born

9 Dec 1821

mar.

7 Jun 1845 Sophia Eversfield (d. 7 Dec 1901), dau. of James Eversfield, of Denne Park, co. Sussex, by his wife Mary Crew, 1st dau. of Robert H Crew

died

s.p. 30 Jan 1880

suc. by

half-brother

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for South Staffordshire 1854-57

Henry [Paget], 4th Marquess of Anglesey

born

25 Dec 1835

mar. (1)

24 Aug 1858 Elizabeth Norman (dsp. 5 Nov 1873), dau. of Joseph Norman, a farmer in Kent

mar. (2)

2 Feb 1874 Blanche Mary Boyd (d. 14 Aug 1877), dau. of John Christian Curwen Boyd, of Merton Hall, co. Wigtown, and of Prince's Gardens, Hyde Park, co. Middlesex

only child by second wife

1. Lord Henry Cyril Paget, later 5th Marquess of Anglesey

mar. (3)

26 Jun 1880 Mary Livingstone Wodehouse LGStJ (widow of Hon Henry Wodehouse, yr. brother of John [Wodehouse], 1st Earl of Kimberley;  d. 22 May 1931), dau. of Hon John P King, of Sandhills, Georgia, USA

died

13 Oct 1898

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Vice-Admiral of North Wales and West Carmarthen

Henry Cyril [Paget], 5th Marquess of Anglesey

born

16 Jun 1875

mar.

20 Jan 1898 his cousin Lilian Florence Maud  Chetwynd (mar. (2) 11 Dec 1909 John Francis Grey Gilliat, of Honington Hall, co. Warwick;  d. 20 Feb 1962), 1st dau. of Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Bt., by his wife Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only dau. by his second wife of Henry [Paget], 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

died

s.p. 14 Mar 1905

suc. by

cousin

Charles Henry Alexander [Paget], 6th Marquess of Anglesey, GCVO

born

14 Apr 1885

mar.

3 Aug 1912 Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners (d. 3 Nov 1946), 1st dau. of Henry John Brinsley [Manners], 8th Duke of Rutland, by his wife Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, 2nd dau. of Col Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay CB MP

children

1. Lord George Charles Henry Victor Paget, later 7th Marquess of Anglesey

1. Lady (Alexandra Mary) Caroline Cecilia Paget (b. 15 Jun 1913; dsp. 22 May 1973), mar. 14 Jul 1949 Sir (Charles) Michael Robert Vivian Duff, 3rd Bt.

2. Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (b. 28 Oct 1916), mar. 7 Jun 1939 Raimund von Hofmannsthal (d. 20 Mar 1974), son of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and has issue

3. Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (b. 19 Jan 1918; d. 28 Mar 1996)

4. Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (b. 21 Jul 1919; d. 1 Nov 2005), mar. 3 Apr 1940 Hon John Francis McLaren (d. 23 Mar 1953), 2nd son of Henry Duncan [McLaren], 2nd Baron Aberconway, and has issue

5. Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (b. 8 Oct 1922; d. 7 Feb 2017), mar. (1) 16 Apr 1941 (div. 1948) Lt Col Jocelyn Eustace Gurney DSO MC (d. 22 May 1973), 2nd son of Sir Eustace Gurney, of Walsingham Abbey and Spowston Hall, co. Norfolk, and (2) 21 Jan 1949 Maj Charles Farrell MC, yst, son of Gerald William Farrell, and had issue by both husbands

died

21 Feb 1947

suc. by

son

note

Mayor of Burton-on-Trent 1911; Lord Chamberlain to HM Queen Mary 1922-47; GCVO 1928; Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1942-47

George Charles Henry Victor [Paget], 7th Marquess of Anglesey

born

8 Oct 1922

mar.

16 Oct 1948 (Elizabeth) Shirley Vaughan Morgan DBE LVO (b. c. 1925; d. 21 Jan 2017), only dau. of Charles Langbridge Morgan, of Campden Hill Square, London (by his wife Hilda Vaughan), son of Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan CBE

children

1. Lord Charles Alexander Vaughan Paget, later 8th Marquess of Anglesey

2. Lord Rupert Edward Llewellyn Paget (b. 21 Jul 1957), mar. 1982 Louise Victoria Youngman, yst. dau. of Peter Hugh Youngman, of Charsfield Hall, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, and has issue

1. Lady Henrietta Charlotte Eiluned Paget (b. 31 Jul 1949), mar. 16 Feb 1980 Timothy Megarry, son of William Megarry, of Putney, London, and has issue

2. Lady (Elizabeth) Sophia Rhiannon Paget (b. 14 May 1954), mar. 1983 Robert D Keir, son of James Dewar Keir QC, of Crossways, High Street, Dormansland, co. Surrey, and has issue

3. Lady Amelia Myfanwy Polly Paget (b. 12 Sep 1963), mar. 1984 Andrew M Singleton, 2nd son of Sir Edward Singleton, and has issue

died

13 Jul 2013

suc. by

son

note

Vice Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1960-83; Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd 1983-89

Charles Alexander Vaughan [Paget], 8th Marquess of Anglesey

born

13 Nov 1950

mar.

1986 Georgeanne Elizabeth Elliott Downes, dau. of Col John Alfred Downes MBE MC, of Tudor Cottage, Whittlesford, Cambridge, by his first wife Anne Elliot-Deacon

children

1. Lord Benedict Dashiel Thomas Paget, styled Earl of Uxbridge (b. 11 Apr 1986)

1. Lady Clara Elizabeth Isis Paget (b. 12 Sep 1988)

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 Last updated 2 May 2017

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Titles:

8th Marquess of Anglesey

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 4 Jul 1815)

9th Earl of Uxbridge

(Great Britain, let. pat. 19 Apr 1784)

17th Baron Paget, of Beaudesert in the County of Stafford

(England, writ sum. 23 Jan 1551/52)

11th Baronet, styled "of Plas-Newydd"

(Great Britain, let. pat. 4 Jul 1730)

Address:

Plas-Newydd, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Gwynedd LL61 6DZ

Tel:  01248 714330

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