Berkeley Thomas Paget (1780 - 1842)

Born 2 Jan 1780 in Westminster, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Askell (Grimston) Paget — married 22 Nov 1804 in St James, Piccadilly, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1842 at age 62 in Kingston, Surrey, England

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Biography

Berkeley Thomas Paget was born in January 2, 1780, the sixth and youngest son (called Bartolo or the " Villain " by his brothers and sisters) of Henry first Earl of Uxbridge, by Jane, eldest daughter of the Very Rev. Arthur Champagne.

He joined the 7th Hussars as a youngster, became A.D.C. to the Duke of York, served in the Peninsula and was afterwards for many years M.P. for Anglesey, a Lord of the Treasury, and finally Commissioner of Excise. He died suddenly in 1842, having married in 1804 Sophia Grimston, only child of Hon. Willam (Grimston) Bucknall.

The Gentleman's Magazine - 1843 Obituary Hon. Berkeley Paget. Oct. 26. At Hampton Court Palace, aged 62, the Hon. Berkeley Paget, a Commissioner of Excise ; brother to the Marquess of Anglesey.

He was born Jan. 2, 1780, the sixth son of Hp of Clonmacnois. He was formerly Aide-de-camp to the Duke of York, in which capacity he was the medium of many of those acts of generosity which procured for the Duke the well-merited appellation of the "soldiers' friend." Mr. Berkeley Paget had resided for many years in Hampton Court Palace, in which neighbourhood, as wherever else be has lived, he was universally esteemed and beloved.

Mr. Berkeley Paget married, Nov. 22, 1804, Sophia. Askell, daughter of the late Hon. William Bucknall Grimston, uncle to the present Earl of Verulam. By this lady, who was Bedchamber Woman to Queen Adelaide, he had issue four sons and three daughters:

1. the Right Hon. Gertrude-Jane Viscountess Guillamore, married in 1828 to Lt.-Col. Standish O'Grady, now Viscount Guillamore, and has issue a numerous Family
2. Frederick Paget, esq. Capt. in the Coldstream Guards, and M.P. for Beaumaris
3. Eleanor, married in 1825 to Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, Bart. M.P. for Petersfield
4. Catesby Paget, esq. Capt. 7th Foot, who married, in 1k839, Florinda-Frances, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Thomas Monck Mason, R.N. and was left a widower in 1842
5. the Hon. Matilda-Susannah Paget, a Maid of Honour to the Queen
6. Leopold
7. Lennox, who died an infant in 1827.

Berkeley Paget died on 26 Oct 1842 in Kingston, Surrey, England. His willl bequeathed all his estate and effects to his wife, Sophia and declared her to be his sole executrix. It was executed on the twenty eighth of September, 1808.and proved at London on the 16th November, 1842.

Sources

See Also:

• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 index, FamilySearch, Berkeley Paget, 04 Feb 1780; citing Westminster, Middlesex, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,866,642.

• England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 index and images, FamilySearch, Berkeley Paget and Sophia Askell Grinston, 1804, Marriage; from "Parish registers 1539-1945," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St James, Piccadilly, Middlesex, England, City of Westminster Archives Centre, London; FHL microfilm 1,042,318.

• The History of Parliament Trust PAGET, Hon. Berkeley Thomas (1780-1842), of 13 Portman Street, Middlesex.

• "The Paget brothers, 1790-1840" by Paget, Arthur, Sir, 1771-1840; Hylton, George Hylton Jolliffe, Baron, 1862 1945. Publication date 1918, Publishers London : J. Murray.