Alfred Wyndham Paget (1852 - 1918)

Born 26 Mar 1852 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alpina Viti (MacGregor) Paget — married 7 May 1906 in London, England, United Kingdom

Died 17 Jun 1918 at age 66 in Brompton, Middlesex, England

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Biography

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Rear Admiral Sir Alfred Wyndham Paget RN was born on 26th March 1852 at London, England. He was the son of Alfred Paget and Cecilia Wyndham. ^[1]

Paget joined the Royal Navy in 1865. He saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and then served in Eastern Sudan, before serving as naval attaché in Paris, Petrograd and then Washington, DC between 1896 and 1899. He saw action on the China Station as commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Astraea in June 1899 during the Boxer Rebellion and then became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Endymion in February 1901. He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign in May 1903, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Charybdis in March 1904 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Scylla in March 1905. In HMS Scylla he served on the North America and West Indies Station carrying out protection duties for the Newfoundland fisheries.

In 1906 at Newfoundland, Paget married Viti MacGregor, daughter of the then governor of Newfoundland, and 33 years his junior. They had a daughter, Honor.

He became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in 1908 before retiring in 1911. He was created Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1911 Coronation Honours. During the First World War, he gained a commission in the Royal Navy Reserve as a Commander, and was promoted to Rear Admiral in the RNR and retired due to ill health in 1917.

Sir Alfred Paget passed away, aged 66 years, on 17th June 1918 at home at 34 Hans Road, Brompton, Middlesex. ^[2] He was survivied by his wife (for just a few weeks) and daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Jun qtr 1852, vol 1a, page 161; registered at St George Hanover Square
2. ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index Jun qtr 1918, vol 1a, page 459; registered at St George Hanover Square

• Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74546876/alfred_wyndham-paget: accessed February 18, 2024), memorial page for Sir Alfred Wyndham Paget (26 Mar 1852–17 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74546876, citing Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, Putney Vale, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).