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Edward Paget

British army officer and politician; (1775-1849)

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Also known as General Hon. Sir Edward Paget

Edward Paget

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General Sir Edward Paget was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.

Occupation: politician
Position held: Governor of British Ceylon, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: November 3, 1775
Died: May 13, 1849

Family

Frances Bagotspouse Lady Harriet Leggespouse Francis Edward Pagetchild Frances Pagetchild Caroline Pagetchild Henry William Pagetchild Patrick Lewis Cole Pagetchild Edward Pagetchild Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridgefather Jane Champagnémother Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Angleseysibling Charles Pagetsibling

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General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.

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Early life and family

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.

Also known as General Hon. Sir Edward Paget

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain

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November 3, 1775

Died

May 13, 1849

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General Sir Edward Paget was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.

Occupation: politician
Position held: Governor of British Ceylon, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: November 3, 1775
Died: May 13, 1849

Family

Frances Bagotspouse Lady Harriet Leggespouse Francis Edward Pagetchild Frances Pagetchild Caroline Pagetchild Henry William Pagetchild Patrick Lewis Cole Pagetchild Edward Pagetchild Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridgefather Jane Champagnémother Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Angleseysibling Charles Pagetsibling

Not who you're looking for? Others named Edward Paget: Archbishop of Central Africa and Bishop of Mashonaland; Bish

Article

General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer, politician, courtier and colonial administrator.

Contents

Early life and family

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.

Marriages and issue

On 22 May 1805 Paget married The Hon. Frances Bagot, youngest daughter of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot. The couple had one child:

The Reverend Francis Edward Paget (24 May 1806 – 4 August 1882).

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 for a second time to Lady Harriet Legge, daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. The marriage produced eight children:

Major Henry William Paget (14 February 1816 – 17 January 1853), married in 1851 to Anna Matilda Catherine Walker, daughter of Sir George Townshend Walker, 1st Baronet

Frances Jane Paget (2 May 1817 - 26 August 1903) married in 1843 to John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde

Harriet Mary Paget (1819 - 30 September 1906)

Lt Col Patrick Lewis Cole Paget (10 February 1820 – 17 July 1879).

Caroline Paget (9 October 1823 - 17 July 1894) married The Hon. and Reverend John Venables-Vernon, son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon

The Reverend Edward Heneage Paget (23 July 1828 – 29 September 1884) married The Hon. Emma Mary Eden, daughter of Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland.

Mary Georgiana Paget (1829 - 30 April 1902)

Career

Soldier

Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792.

In 1808, he was with John Moore in Gothenburg to assist the Swedish in the Finnish War. Moore's disagreements with Gustavus IV soon led to their being sent home where they were ordered to Portugal.

He served in the British Army during the Peninsular War commanding the reserve at the Battle of Corunna in 1809 and then conducting the advance to Porto in 1809, during which he lost his right arm. He was second in command under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1811 and was captured by French cavalry in 1812 and kept a prisoner for two years until the end of the War.

Briefly serving as the Governor of Ceylon in 1822, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, on 13 January 1823 and conducted the Burmese campaigns of 1824 to 1825, relinquishing his role of as Commander-in-Chief on 7 October 1825. He commanded the British troops who suppressed the Barrackpore mutiny of 1824, and although public criticism was muted, he was probably not thought by the governments in India and London to have managed the situation with skill. A scholarly study of the period notes that Paget had little confidence in the Indian army, particularly its native troops. In 1826 he was appointed Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Following the retirement of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1842, the post was reportedly offered to General Sir Edward Paget; Paget declined the offer, citing poor health as the reason for his refusal. The post was instead re-conferred upon Lord Hill's predecessor, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Member of Parliament

Paget was Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarvon Boroughs from 1796 to 1806, and later as the Member for Milborne Port from 1810 to 1820.

In 1806 his self-described political views centred upon his desire that the United Kingdom should "maintain our navy at its highest establishment and contrive some means of creating a real army of 200,000 men at home and never make peace as long as Europe remains in so complete a state of subjection."

Paget generally voted in support of the government of the day when he sat in Parliament, though he occasionally was recorded as voting in the Parliamentary minority; once in 1803 in support of John Calcraft's proposal for an inquiry into the Prince of Wales' debts, and again in 1812 in support of Henry Grattan's proposal to establish a committee investigating Catholic disabilities.

Courtier and honorary appointments

In 1798 he served as an Aide-de-camp to King George III.

From 1816 to 1822 he was a Groom of the Bedchamber in the service of George IV, including a period 1816-1820 when the latter was Prince Regent during the mental illness of his father, George III.

Paget was appointment as Governor of Cowes Castle in 1818, and held the post until 1826.

From 1837 until his death he also served as Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; a post which provided a stipend of £1,100 annually.

Legacy

The Memorials to Governors in the Chapel of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst includes:

In Memory of General the Honble. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.B., Colonel 28th Foot. Died 13th May, 1849, aged 73 years. His war services are as follows: —Holland, Nimeguen, Gueldermalsen, 1794-5; Cape St. Vincent, 1797 Minorca, 1798; Egypt, three actions, wounded, 1801; Bremen, 1805; Sicily, 1806-7; Sweden and Portugal, 1808; Corunna and Passage of the Douro, lost right arm, 1809; Second-in-Command to Wellington, Retreat from Burgos, taken prisoner, 1812. Commander-in-Chief in India, 1822-25. Governor of this College, 1826-37. Afterwards Governor of Chelsea Hospital.

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