Lord Alfred Paget
Lord Alfred Henry Paget CB (26 June 1816 – 24 August 1888[1]) was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865.
Biography
Paget was the sixth son of William Paget, the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards. In 1837 he was elected Member of Parliament for Lichfield and held the seat until 1865,[1] when he was defeated by the Conservative Richard Dyott.[2]
Paget was Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to the Queen from July 1846 to March 1852, from December 1852 to March 1858, and from June 1859. The office ceased to be a political one from 1866.[3]
He was the Commodore of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 1846–1873, and Vice-Commodore, 1845-1846 and 1874–1888.[4]
On 1 August 1874, he resigned the Chief Equerryship only.[5] He became a Lieutenant-Colonel (unattached) in 1854. He lived at 42 Grosvenor Place, London, and at Melford Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk.
He died in 1888 unexpectedly, on his yacht off Inverness.[6]
Business interests
Paget was a director of the North Staffordshire Railway Company between January 1854 and February 1875.
Personal life
Paget married Cecilia Wyndham, second daughter and co-heiress of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, Norfolk in 1847. Their children were:
- Victoria Alexandrina Paget (1848–1859)
- Evelyn Cecilia Paget (1849–1904)
- Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget (1851–1928), who married American heiress Mary Fiske “Minnie” Stevens In 1878.
- Alfred Wyndham Paget (1852–1918)
- George Thomas Cavendish Paget (1853–1939), raised Paget's Horse for service in the Boer War
- Gerald Cecil Stewart Paget (1854–1913), grandfather of Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon.
- Violet Mary Paget (1856–1908)
- Sydney Augustus Paget (1857–1916)
- Amy Olivia Paget (1858–1948)
- Alberta Victoria Paget (1859–1945)
- Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949)
- Alice Maud Paget (1862–1925)
- Alexandra Harriet Paget (1863–1944), who married Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke.
- Guinevere Eva Paget (1869–1894)
Cultural depictions
In the television series Victoria, Lord Alfred is played by Jordan Waller. In the second series, he was depicted having a same-sex romantic relationship with Sir Robert Peel's secretary, Edward Drummond. There is no historical evidence that this took place. In the same series, Lord Alfred marries Lady Wilhelmina Coke (the niece of the Duchess of Buccleuch); but in real life, Lord Alfred married Cecilia Wyndham.[7]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 185–186. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900, Macmillan 1975, p. 27
- "No. 24121". The London Gazette. 11 August 1874. p. 3965.
- "The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality". 1 September 1888. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- Cecilia Wyndham. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/cecilia-wyndham-24-12v9j2r?geo_a=r&geo_s=uk&geo_t=uk&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41012&o_lid=41012&o_sch=Web+Property
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Alfred Paget
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Edward Scott, Bt Sir George Anson |
Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1837–1865 With: Sir George Anson to 1841 Lord Levson 1841–1846 Edward Lloyd-Mostyn 1846–1847 Viscount Anson 1847–1854 Lord Waterpark 1854–1856 Viscount Sandon 1856–1859 Augustus Anson from 1859 |
Succeeded by Richard Dyott Augustus Anson |
| Court offices | ||
| Preceded by Lord Charles Wellesley |
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal 1846–1852 |
Succeeded by The Lord Colville of Culross |
| Preceded by The Lord Colville of Culross |
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal 1852–1858 |
Succeeded by The Lord Colville of Culross |
| Preceded by The Lord Colville of Culross |
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal 1859–1874 |
Succeeded by John Carstairs McNeill |