Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (second creation)
Henry Bayley-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (18 June 1744 – 13 March 1812), known as Henry Bayly until 1769 and as The Lord Paget between 1769 and 1784, was a British peer.
Background
Born Henry Bayly, Uxbridge was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, of Plas Newydd in Anglesey, by his wife Caroline Paget, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget and a great-granddaughter of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget. He succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769 on the death of his mother's second cousin the Earl of Uxbridge and by Royal Licence on 29 January 1770, took the name of Paget in lieu of Bayly. In 1782 he succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet.[1]
Career
Uxbridge became Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey in 1782. On 19 May 1784 he was created Earl of Uxbridge, in the County of Middlesex. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire between 1801 and 1812, Constable of Caernarfon Castle, Ranger of the Forest of Snowdon, Steward of Bardney, and Vice-Admiral of North Wales.[1]
Family
Lord Uxbridge married Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise, a descendant of a well-known Huguenot family which had settled in Ireland, and his wife Jane Forbes,[2] in 1767. They had twelve children:
- Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 Apr 1854)
- Captain Hon. William Paget (22 Dec 1769–1794)
- Hon. Sir Arthur Paget (15 Jan 1771–26 Jul 1840)
- Lady Caroline Paget (06 Feb 1773-9 Jul 1847); married Hon. John Capell.
- Lady Jane Paget (01 Sep 1774-30 Jun 1842), married George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway.
- General Hon. Sir Edward Paget (3 Nov 1775 – 13 May 1849)
- Lady Louisa Paget (26 Mar 1777-23 Jan 1842); married 1st, Lt.-Gen. Sir James Erskine, Bt.; married 2ndly, Rt. Hon. Gen. Sir George Murray.
- Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Charles Paget (7 Oct 1778 – 27 Jan 1839)
- Hon. Berkeley Thomas Paget (02 Jan 1780–26 Oct 1842)
- Lady Charlotte Paget (26 Oct 1781-26 Jan 1817); married John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen.
- Lady Mary Paget (09 Apr 1783-29 Apr 1835); married Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves.
- Hon. Brownlow Paget (19 Mar 1787-00 Apr 1797)
Lord Uxbridge died in March 1812, aged sixty-seven, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Henry, who gained fame at the Battle of Waterloo and was created Marquess of Anglesey. The Countess of Uxbridge died in March 1817, aged seventy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c thepeerage.com Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
- ^ [1] Christening of Brownlow Bayley-Paget, son of Jane Champagne. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Accessed 14 August 2016.