Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey

The Marquess of Anglesey
Born (1922-10-08)8 October 1922
Died 13 July 2013(2013-07-13) (aged 90)
Alma mater Eton College
Title Marquess of Anglesey
Term 21 February 1947 – 13 July 2013
Spouse(s) Shirley Morgan
Children Lady Henrietta Paget
Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey
Lady Elizabeth Paget
Lord Rupert Paget
Lady Amelia Paget
Parent(s) Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey
Lady Victoria Manners

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey Bt, DL, FSA, FRHistS, FRSL, (8 October 1922 – 13 July 2013),[1] styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, was a British peer.

Life

He was the son of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Victoria Manners, the eldest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, and was baptised with George V and Mary of Teck as his godparents. He was the brother of Lady Rose McLaren and the nephew of Lady Diana Cooper.

He was educated at Wixenford School and Eton College.[2] He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) and fought in the Second World War. He used the courtesy title of Earl of Uxbridge until he succeeded to the Marquessate in 1947.

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Anglesey in 1960, Vice-Lieutenant of Anglesey between 1960 and 1983 and Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd between 1983 and 1989. He was the Honorary President of the Crimean War Research Society.

Lord Anglesey wrote the books The Capel Letters 1814–1817 (1955), consisting of the edited correspondence between the first Marquess’s sister in England and his nieces; One Leg: The Life and Letters of 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1961), a biography of his ancestor; Sergeant Pearman's Memoirs (1968); and A History of the British Cavalry, Volumes I–VIII, which has been described as "the definitive history" of this arm. The Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies awarded him the Chesney Gold Medal for it in 1996.

Lord Anglesey presented the historic family home, Plas Newydd on the island of Anglesey, to the National Trust in 1976, with 169 acres of surrounding estate, and it has been open to the public since July 1 of that year.

Lord Anglesey died, aged 90, on 13 July 2013. His funeral was arranged as a private family cremation, followed by a private committal service at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen. On 14 June 2014, a public memorial service was held for him in Bangor Cathedral.

Style & Titles

Major The Most Honourable George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 8th Earl of Uxbridge, 16th Baron Paget, 10th Baron Burton, DL FSA FRHistS FRSL.

Family

He married Elizabeth Shirley Vaughan Morgan on 16 October 1948 and they had five children:

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ "The 7th Marquis of Anglesey". The London Daily Telegraph. 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Andrew Cox, Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion (1999), p. 12

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Unknown		 Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd
1983–1989 		Succeeded by
Meuric Rees
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Paget		 Marquess of Anglesey
1947 – 2013 		Succeeded by
Charles Alexander Vaughan Paget
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