Lord Clarence Paget
Lord Clarence Paget | |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
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(17 June 1811 – 22 March 1895) was a British naval officer, politician, and sculptor.
Born the younger son of the
ship-of-the-line HMS Asia and took part in the Battle of Navarino in 1827.[1] Promoted to commander in 1834, he took charge of HMS Pearl and, promoted to captain in 1839, he commanded the first-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Howe and then the fifth-rate frigate HMS Aigle.[1]
Paget attempted to enter Parliament as a Liberal for Southampton in 1837, but was returned as a member for Sandwich in 1847, retaining the seat until July 1852.[1]
Paget served as secretary to the
Chiltern Hundreds (i.e., resigned) in March 1866.[1] He was promoted to vice admiral in 1865 and was Commander-in Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1866 to 1869.[1]
Paget retired in 1876. He died in 1895 at the age of 83.[1]
Family
In 1852 Paget married Martha Stuart, the youngest daughter of Admiral Sir
Robert Waller Otway, Bt.[1]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
Further reading
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
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