Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
Victoria | |
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Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
Preceded by | The Marquess Conyngham |
Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 July 1797 |
Died | 7 February 1869 | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Spouse(s) | (1) Eleanora Campbell (c. 1799–1828) (2) Henrietta Bagot (1815–1844) (3) Ellen Burnand (d. 1874) |
Children | 9 (1 stillborn) |
Parent(s) | Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Lady Caroline Villiers |
Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
Background
Anglesey was the eldest son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and his first wife, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey.[1] He was the half-brother of Lord Clarence Paget, Lord Alfred Paget and Lord George Paget.
He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia from 1853 to 1855.[2]
Described as a keen sportsman, who devoted his time to shooting, coursing, racing and cricket, Anglesey helped found Worthing Cricket Club in Sussex in 1855.
Political career
Anglesey entered the
Family
Lord Anglesey married, firstly, on 5 August 1819, Eleanora Campbell, second daughter of Colonel John Campbell and the writer Lady Charlotte Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll. They had three children:
- Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (13 May 1820 – 17 November 1848); she married Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Bt. on 4 February 1847.
- Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey (9 December 1821 – 30 January 1880); he married Sophia Eversfield on 7 June 1845.
- Lady Constance Henrietta Paget (22 January 1823 – 5 March 1878); she married George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea on 6 August 1846. They had four children.
After his first wife's death in July 1828, he married, secondly, Henrietta Bagot, fourth daughter of Charles Bagot and Lady Mary Charlotte Wellesley, on 27 August 1833. They had seven children:
- [a son] (4 May 1834 – 8 May 1834)
- Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (25 December 1835 – 13 October 1898); he married Elizabeth Norman (1841 – 5 November 1873) on 24 August 1858. He remarried Blanche Boyd (d. 14 August 1877) on 2 February 1874. They had one son. He remarried, again, Mary King on 26 June 1880.
- Alice Emily (26 October 1837 - 29 January 1839)
- Lord Alexander Victor Paget (25 April 1839 – 26 October 1896); he married Hester Stapleton-Cotton (daughter of Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere) on 26 August 1880. They had four children including their eldest son 6th Marquess of Anglesey.
- [a son] (stillborn) (12 July 1840)
- Lady Florence Cecilia Paget (August 1842 – 3 February 1907); she married Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings on 16 July 1864. She remarried Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet on 9 June 1870. They had three children.
- Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget (5 March 1844 – 25 November 1913); he married Florence Chetwynd (maternal great-granddaughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot through the third son) on 5 June 1877. They had two children.
After his second wife's early death in March 1844, aged 28, Lord Anglesey married thirdly, Ellen Burnand, daughter of George Burnand and former wife of J. W. Bell, on 8 March 1860. There were no children from this marriage. He died in Lambeth, London, aged 71, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son from his first marriage, Henry. The Marchioness of Anglesey died Worthing, Sussex, in June 1874.
References
- ^ a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 89.
- ^ Army List, various dates.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover to Armagh South". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "No. 19737". The London Gazette. 28 May 1839. p. 1069.
- ^ "Plas Newydd". Anglesey Info. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Bateman, John (1883). The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland; a list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards ... also, one thousand three hundred owners of two thousand acres and upwards in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, their acreage and income from land culled from The modern Domesday book . Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Harrison.
- ^ Chap, The (18 December 2013). "The Dancing Marquess". The Chap. Retrieved 11 December 2023.