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[[File:Lord George Paget Vanity Fair 1877-10-13.jpg|thumb|right|<center>"a soldier"<br>Paget as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], October 1877</center>]]
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General '''Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (16 March 1818 – 30 June 1880), was a British soldier during the [[Crimean War]] and took part in the famous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]].
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| name = Lord George Paget
| honorific_suffix = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]]
| image = Crimean War 1854-56 Q71525.jpg
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| caption = ''Lord Paget on horseback during the [[Crimean War]].''<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger Fenton (1819-69) - Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget (1818-1880) |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/2500079/lord-george-augustus-frederick-paget-1818-1880 |website=rct.uk |publisher=[[Royal Collection Trust]] |accessdate=4 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaumaris]]
| term_start = 1847
| term_end = 1857
| predecessor = [[Frederick Paget]]
| successor = [[William Owen Stanley]]
| nickname =
| birth_name = George Augustus Frederick Paget
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1818|3|16|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1880|6|30|1818|3|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mayfair, London]]
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| parents = [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]]<br /> [[Charlotte Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey|Lady Charlotte Cadogan]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Agnes Charlotte Paget|27 February 1854|10 March 1858|reason=died}}
*{{marriage|Louisa Elizabeth Heneage|6 February 1861}}
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| children = 2
| relatives = [[Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan]] (grandfather)
| allegiance = {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
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| rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
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| commands = 4th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons
| battles = [[Crimean War]]
* [[Battle of Balaclava]]
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (16 March 1818 – 30 June 1880) was a British soldier during the [[Crimean War]] who took part in the famous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]]. He later became a [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician.


==Background==
==Early life==
Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget was born on 16 March 1818. Paget was the youngest son of [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]] by his second wife [[Charlotte Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey|Lady Charlotte]], daughter of [[Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan]].<ref name="EarlCadogan">{{cite web |title=Cadogan, Earl (GB, 1800) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/cadogan1800.htm#CADOGAN_1800_1 |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref> Among his siblings were Lady Emily (wife of [[John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney]]), [[Lord Clarence Paget]], Lady Mary Paget (wife of [[John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich]]), [[Lord Alfred Paget]] (MP for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]]), and [[Lady Adelaide Paget]] (wife of [[Frederick William Cadogan]]).<ref name="MarquessAnglesey"/>
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Paget was the youngest son of [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]] by his second wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of [[Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan]].


He was educated at [[Westminster School]].
==Military career==
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Paget served in the [[Crimean War]] and fought at [[Battle of Alma|Alma]] and [[Battle of Balaclava|Balaclava]]. He is frequently quoted for his references to the Russian engagement in Balaklava on the Crimean Peninsula: "Every fool at the outposts, who fancies he hears something, has only to make a row, and there we all are, Generals and all... Well I suppose 500 false alarms are better than one surprise". This quote was supposedly written right before the Russians surprised the camp. He is famous for having [[Charge of the Light Brigade|charged with the Light Brigade]] while smoking a [[cheroot]] (a type of cigar favored by soldiers who served in India).


His parents were both previously married, and divorced; his father to [[Caroline Campbell, Duchess of Argyll|Lady Caroline Villiers]] (later the [[Duke of Argyll|Duchess of Argyll]]), and his mother to [[Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley|Henry Wellesley]] (later 1st [[Baron Cowley]]).<ref name="BaronCowley">{{cite web |title=Cowley, Baron (UK, 1828) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/index1383.htm#COWLEY_1828_1 |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref> From his mother's previous marriage, his elder half-siblings included Hon. Charlotte Wellesley (wife of [[Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury]]), [[Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley]], and the Very Rev. Hon. [[Gerald Valerian Wellesley]].<ref name="BaronCowley"/> From his father's previous marriage, his elder half-siblings included 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]], and Lady Agnes Paget (wife of [[George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford]]).<ref name="MarquessAnglesey"/>
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==Member of Parliament==
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Apart from his military career Paget sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaumaris]] between 1847 and 1857. He was made a [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] in 1870.


==Marriages==
==Career==
[[File:Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, Dublin 1850, by Michael Angelo Hayes (1820-1877).jpg|left|thumb|129x129px|[[Michael Angelo Hayes|M. A. Hayes]], ''Paget in the Light Dragoons'' (1850)]]
Paget married firstly his first cousin Agnes Charlotte, daughter of [[Arthur Paget (diplomat)|Sir Arthur Paget]], in 1854. They had two sons. After her death in March 1858, just six days after the birth of her youngest child, he married secondly Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of [[Charles Fieschi Heneage]], in 1861. Paget died in June 1880, aged 62. Louisa Elizabeth married secondly Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex, in 1881. She died in January 1914.
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Paget served in the [[Crimean War]] and fought at [[Battle of Alma|Alma]] and [[Battle of Balaclava|Balaclava]] in command of the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars|4th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons]]. He is frequently quoted for his references to the Russian engagement in Balaklava on the Crimean Peninsula: "Every fool at the outposts, who fancies he hears something, has only to make a row, and there we all are, Generals and all... Well I suppose 500 false alarms are better than one surprise". This quote was supposedly written just before the Russians surprised the camp. He is famous for having [[Charge of the Light Brigade|charged with the Light Brigade]] while smoking a [[cheroot]] (a type of cigar favoured by soldiers who served in India).

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===Member of Parliament===
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Apart from his military career, Paget sat in Westminster as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaumaris]] between 1847 and 1857. He was made a [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] in 1870.

==Personal life==
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On 27 February 1854, Paget married his first cousin Agnes Charlotte Paget, daughter of [[Arthur Paget (diplomat)|Sir Arthur Paget]].<ref name="MarquessAnglesey">{{cite web |title=Anglesey, Marquess of (UK, 1815) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/anglesey1815.htm |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref> They had two sons.

After her death on 10 March 1858, just six days after the birth of her child, he married, secondly, Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Fieschi Heneage, in 1861.

==Death==
Paget died at his residence in Farm Street, [[Mayfair, London]], in June 1880, aged 62. His widow remarried, as his third wife, to [[Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex]], in 1881. She died in January 1914.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/paget.html Profile], victorianweb.org. Accessed 17 January 2023. {{ISBN|0-7522-1184-6}}</ref>


==References==
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*[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/paget.html www.victorianweb.org]
ISBN 0-7522-1184-6


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* [https://www.loc.gov/item/2001697670/ Brigadier General Lord George Paget C.B.: Lord George Paget (1818-1880), Colonel 4th Light Dragoons] at the [[Library of Congress]]
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General
Lord George Paget
KCB
Lord Paget on horseback during the Crimean War.[1]
Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
In office
1847–1857
Preceded byFrederick Paget
Succeeded byWilliam Owen Stanley
Personal details
Born
George Augustus Frederick Paget

(1818-03-16)16 March 1818
Died30 June 1880(1880-06-30) (aged 62)
Mayfair, London
Spouses
Agnes Charlotte Paget
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(m. 1854; died 1858)​
Louisa Elizabeth Heneage
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(m. 1861)​
Children2
Parent(s)Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Lady Charlotte Cadogan
RelativesCharles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (grandfather)
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankGeneral
Commands4th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons
Battles/warsCrimean War

General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget KCB (16 March 1818 – 30 June 1880) was a British soldier during the Crimean War who took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. He later became a Whig politician.

Early life

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Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget was born on 16 March 1818. Paget was the youngest son of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey by his second wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.[2] Among his siblings were Lady Emily (wife of John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney), Lord Clarence Paget, Lady Mary Paget (wife of John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich), Lord Alfred Paget (MP for Lichfield), and Lady Adelaide Paget (wife of Frederick William Cadogan).[3]

He was educated at Westminster School.

His parents were both previously married, and divorced; his father to Lady Caroline Villiers (later the Duchess of Argyll), and his mother to Henry Wellesley (later 1st Baron Cowley).[4] From his mother's previous marriage, his elder half-siblings included Hon. Charlotte Wellesley (wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury), Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, and the Very Rev. Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley.[4] From his father's previous marriage, his elder half-siblings included 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, and Lady Agnes Paget (wife of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford).[3]

Career

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M. A. Hayes, Paget in the Light Dragoons (1850)

Paget served in the Crimean War and fought at Alma and Balaclava in command of the 4th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons. He is frequently quoted for his references to the Russian engagement in Balaklava on the Crimean Peninsula: "Every fool at the outposts, who fancies he hears something, has only to make a row, and there we all are, Generals and all... Well I suppose 500 false alarms are better than one surprise". This quote was supposedly written just before the Russians surprised the camp. He is famous for having charged with the Light Brigade while smoking a cheroot (a type of cigar favoured by soldiers who served in India).

Member of Parliament

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Apart from his military career, Paget sat in Westminster as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaumaris between 1847 and 1857. He was made a KCB in 1870.

Personal life

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On 27 February 1854, Paget married his first cousin Agnes Charlotte Paget, daughter of Sir Arthur Paget.[3] They had two sons.

After her death on 10 March 1858, just six days after the birth of her child, he married, secondly, Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Fieschi Heneage, in 1861.

Death

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Paget died at his residence in Farm Street, Mayfair, London, in June 1880, aged 62. His widow remarried, as his third wife, to Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex, in 1881. She died in January 1914.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Roger Fenton (1819-69) - Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget (1818-1880)". rct.uk. Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Cadogan, Earl (GB, 1800)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Anglesey, Marquess of (UK, 1815)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Cowley, Baron (UK, 1828)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ Profile, victorianweb.org. Accessed 17 January 2023. ISBN 0-7522-1184-6
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1847–1857 		Succeeded by
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