Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey

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The Marquess in the late 1850s.

Henry William George Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey (9 December 1821 – 30 January 1880), styled Lord Paget until 1854 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1854 and 1869, was a British peer and Liberal politician.

Background[edit]

Anglesey was the only son of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, by his first wife Eleanora, daughter of Colonel John Campbell.

Military career[edit]

He was appointed as Captain of the Burton-on-Trent Troop of the part-time Staffordshire Yeomanry on 26 March 1839.[1] The following year he obtained permission for the troop to be renamed the Anglesey Troop.[2] On 21 May 1841 he purchased a commission in the Grenadier Guards as Ensign & Lieutenant.[3] He sold his commission and retired on 23 May 1845.[4]

Political career[edit]

Anglesey was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Staffordshire South in 1854, a seat he held until 1857.[5] In 1869 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.

Personal life[edit]

On 7 June 1845 in her home parish of Horsham, he married Sophia Eversfield,[6] born 24 June 1819, the daughter of James Eversfield, of Denne Park, and his wife Mary Crew, daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew.[7] There were no children from the marriage. He died in Westminster on 30 January 1880, aged 58, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Lord Henry Paget. His widow moved to Fordingbridge and later to Tunbridge Wells, where she died on 7 December 1901.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ London Gazette, 19 April 1839.
  2. ^ R.J. Smith & C.R. Coogan, The Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794–1914, 15: Staffordshire Yeomanry, Feltham: Robert Ogilby Trust/Chippenham: Picton Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-9515714-6-X, p. 8.
  3. ^ London Gazette, 21 May 1841.
  4. ^ London Gazette, 23 May 1845.
  5. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Southend to Stamford". Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Obituary - Sophia, Marchioness of Anglesey". The Times. No. 36633. London. 9 December 1901. p. 6.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Staffordshire South
1854–1857
With: Hon. Edward Littleton 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Anglesey
1869–1880 		Succeeded by
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