General Lord Alfred Henry Paget

From Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Paget

Lord Alfred Henry Paget CB (Wednesday, 26 June 1816 – Friday, 24 August 1888) was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865.

Early life

Paget was the sixth son of William Paget, the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and the former Hon. Charlotte Cadogan. Among his siblings were Lady Emily Paget (wife of John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney), Lord Clarence Paget, Lady Mary Paget (wife of John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich), Lord George Paget, and Lady Adelaide Paget (wife of Frederick William Cadogan).

From his father's first marriage to Lady Caroline Villiers (a daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey and later, Duchess of Argyll), he had several older half-siblings, including Lady Caroline Paget (wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond), Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, Lady Jane Paget (wife of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham), Lady Georgina Paget (wife of Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton), Lady Augusta Paget (wife of Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore), Lord William Paget, Lady Agnes Paget (wife of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford). From his mother's first marriage to Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, he had four half-siblings, including Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, William Henry George Wellesley, Hon. Charlotte Wellesley (wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury), and Gerald Valerian Wellesley.

Career

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, when he was defeated by the Conservative Richard Dyott.

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.

He was the Commodore of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 1846–1873, and Vice-Commodore, 1845-1846 and 1874–1888.

On Saturday, 1 August 1874, he resigned the Chief Equerryship only. He became a Lieutenant-Colonel (unattached) in 1854.

Paget was a director of the North Staffordshire Railway Company between January 1854 and February 1875.

Personal life

In 1847, Paget was married to Cecilia Wyndham (1829–1914), second daughter and co-heiress of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, Norfolk. 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), who married Pauline Payne Whitney in 1895. After her death in 1916, he married Edith Starr Miller in 1921.
• Alice Maud Paget (1862–1925)
• Alexandra Harriet Paget (1863–1944), who married Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke.
• Guinevere Eva Paget (1869–1894)

He lived at 42 Grosvenor Place, London, and at Melford Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk. He died in 1888 unexpectedly, on his yacht off Inverness.

In popular culture

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.

From MyHeritage: Lord Alfred Paget: 1871 England & Wales Census

2 April 1871 Census for residents of [The Cottage?], Bushy Park, Hampton, Surrey, England Bushy Park, Richmond upon Thames, London 51.414758, -0.340496

• Lord Alfred [Alf] Paget, head, single, male, aged 58 [born about 1813], in Old Burlington Street, London; Colonel in the Army, and clerk to Her Majesties' Household
• Cecilia Paget, wife, single, female, aged 52 [born about 1819], in Felbrigg, Norfolk
• Gerald Paget, son, single, male, aged 16 [born about 1855], in London; Lieutenant in Northumberland Militia
• Sydney Paget, son, single, male, aged 13 [born about 1858], in London; Scholar
• Amy Paget, daughter, single, female, aged 12 [born about 1859], in London; Scholar
• Alberta Paget, daughter, single, female, aged 11 [born about 1860], in London; Scholar
• Almeric Paget, son, single, male, aged 10 [born about 1861], in London; Scholar
• Alice Paget, daughter, single, female, aged 8 [born about 1863], in London; Scholar
• Alexandra Paget, daughter, single, female, aged 6 [born about 1865], in London; Scholar
• Guinevere Paget, daughter, single, female, aged 2 [born about 1869], in London
• Lieutenant Harris Hamilton, tutor, single, male, aged 20 [born about 1851], in London; Lieutenant in Northumberland Militia
• Anielie Stolz, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1844], in Hamburg, Bavaria[?], Germany; Governess
• Sarah Beckington, servant, single, female, aged 29 [born about 1842], in Kent; Cook
• Elizabeth Bignell, servant, single, female, aged 25 [born about 1846], in Surrey; Kitchenmaid
• Eliza Tompkinson, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1845], in Devon; Scullery maid
• George Watson, servant, single, male, aged 21 [born about 1850], in Northumberland; Footman
• Edward Boulton, servant, single, male, aged 20 [born about 1851], in Surrey; Footman
• Marth[?] Ancip, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1844], in Norfolk; Lady's maid
• Fanny Crofton, servant, single, female, aged 20 [born about 1851], in London; Housemaid
• Robert Hitchcock, servant, single, male, aged 40 [born about 1831], in Suffolk; Coachman
• William Wakefield, servant, single, male, aged 25 [born about 1846], in Lincolnshire; Helper in stables
• George Cracknell, servant, single, male, aged 19 [born about 1852], in Norfolk; Helper in stables
• Sarah Peabody, servant, single, female, aged 23 [born about 1848], in Oxfordshire; Nursery maid
• Pauline Guillaume, servant, single, female, aged 17 [born about 1854], in France; School room maid

From findagrave: Alfred Henry Paget (1816-1888)

• Name: Alfred Henry Paget
• Born: Saturday, 29 June 1816, England
• Died: Friday, 24 August 1888 (aged 72), Inverness, Highland, Scotland
• Buried: St Mary's Parish Church, Thames Street, Hampton, London TW12 2EB 51.413019, -0.361261
• Plot: E.18
• About: General, Lord, The Right-Honourable, Alfred, Henry Paget. His education was at Westminster School. A lieutenant in the Blues, 1834, retired from the 7th Hussars in 1881. His wife Cecilia died in 1914. They had 6 sons and 6 daughters. He was M.P. for Lichfield 1837 - 1865, was chief equerry to Queen Victoria. He died aboard his yacht, off the coast of Scotland.2nd son of Henry William Paget, first marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854)

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