Lord Alfred Paget

Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1875.

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

Biography

Paget was the fourth son of 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, 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.Lieutenant-Colonel (unattached), 1854. He lived at 42 Grosvenor Place, London and at Melford Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk.

Business Interests

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

Family

Paget married Cecilia, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, Norfolk in 1847. Their children were:

1. Violet Mary (d. 1908)
2. Victoria Alexandrina (d. 1859)
3. Hon. Evelyn Cecilia d. May 17, 1904
4. Alberta Victoria (d. 1945)
5. Alice Maud (d. 1925)
6. Alexandra Harriet (d. 1944) (Lady Colebrooke)
7. Guinevere Eva (d. 1894)
8. Arthur Henry Fitzroy (1851–1928)
9. Alfred Wyndham (1852–1918)
10. George Thomas Cavendish (1853–1939)
11. Gerald Cecil Stewart (1854–1913)
12. Sydney Augustus (1857–1916)
13. Amy Olivia (1858–1948)
14. Almeric Hugh (1861–1949)

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
Honorary titles
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