Charles Paget RN (1778 - 1839)

Born 7 Oct 1778 in Uxbridge House, Hayes, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elzabeth Araminta (Monck) Paget — married 7 Mar 1805 in St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1839 at age 60 in At Sea on board HMS Tartus, West Indies

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Biography

Charles Paget RN is Notable.

Children of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Charles Paget and Elizabeth Araminta Monck

1. Elizabeth Jane Paget d. 13 Jun 1866
2. Caroline Paget+ d. 11 Jun 1880
3. Louisa Augusta Paget
4. Georgina Paget+ d. 8 Nov 1901
5. Frederica Georgiana Augusta Paget d. 12 Sep 1835
6. Jane Frances Elizabeth Paget d. b 1905
7. Captain Charles Henry Paget+ b. 15 Jul 1806, d. 26 May 1845
8. Reverend Edward James Paget+ b. 16 Jul 1811, d. 30 Aug 1859
9. Lt. Brownlow Henry Paget b. 8 May 1819, d. 1843

The youngest son of the first earl of Uxbridge (1744-1812) and a brother of the marquess of Anglesea, Paget was a naval officer. From 1798 to 1801 he commanded ships-of-the-line. From 1804 to 1806 he sat for the rotten borough of Milborne Port.

A supporter of Prime Minister William Pitt, in 1806 he succeeded his elder brother Edward as member for Caernarvon Boroughs, which he represented for the next twenty years. He again sat for Caernarvon Boroughs in the reformed parliament, to 1835.

Paget was groom of the bedchamber from 1822 to 1837. He died at sea while on service in the West Indies.

Sources

• Wikipedia entry for Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy)

• www.anatpro.com/index_files/Charles_Paget_1778.htm

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1399.htm#i13986

• Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812. St James, Piccadilly (St James, Westminster), London, England. Charles Paget, born 7 Oct 1778, baptized 5 Nov 1778. "Charles son of Henry & Jane, Lord & Lady Paget."

• Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current. 'Sir Charles Paget. Birth date: 7 Oct 1778. Death date 29 Jan 1839. Died at Sea. Buried Royal Naval Cemetery, Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda.'

• ‘Will of the Honorable, Sir Charles Paget, Rear Admiral in His Majesty’s Navy at sea on the ship Cornwallis,’ 10 August 1839, PROB 11/1915.

• ‘Paget, Hon. Charles (1778-1839), R. G. Thorne, History of Parliament: The Commons 1790-1820,

• ‘Subscribers ... Hon. Sir Charles Paget, K.C.G.’, in[W. Otter (ed.)], Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke (1824), p. viii.