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Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget GCB (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.
Edward Paget was born the fourth son and sixth child of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
During the course of his life, he and several of his 11 siblings achieved played a prominent role in British military and policital life; his eldest brother Henry William, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1768–1854), was in 1815 created Marquess of Anglesey and is best remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo. The third eldest brother, Sir Arthur Paget (1771–1840), was an eminent diplomat during the Napoleonic Wars, the fifth, Sir Charles Paget (1778–1839), served with distinction in the navy, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral.
Paget's sisters were each married to prominent aristocrats and military figures; they included Caroline, Countess of Enniskillen, Mary, Baroness Graves, Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway, and Louisa, Lady Erskine.
On 22 May 1805 Paget married The Hon. Frances Bagot, youngest daughter of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot. The couple had one child:
Frances Paget did not long survive the birth of her only child; within a week of his birth she died on 30 May 1806.
On 22 February 1815 Paget was married his second wife Lady Harriet Legge, daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. The marriage produced eight children:
Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792.
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Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget GCB (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.
Edward Paget was born the fourth son and sixth child of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
During the course of his life, he and several of his 11 siblings achieved played a prominent role in British military and policital life; his eldest brother Henry William, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1768–1854), was in 1815 created Marquess of Anglesey and is best remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo. The third eldest brother, Sir Arthur Paget (1771–1840), was an eminent diplomat during the Napoleonic Wars, the fifth, Sir Charles Paget (1778–1839), served with distinction in the navy, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral.
Paget's sisters were each married to prominent aristocrats and military figures; they included Caroline, Countess of Enniskillen, Mary, Baroness Graves, Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway, and Louisa, Lady Erskine.
On 22 May 1805 Paget married The Hon. Frances Bagot, youngest daughter of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot. The couple had one child:
Frances Paget did not long survive the birth of her only child; within a week of his birth she died on 30 May 1806.
On 22 February 1815 Paget was married his second wife Lady Harriet Legge, daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. The marriage produced eight children:
Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792.