William Paget KG PC (abt. 1506 - 1563)

Born about 1506 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1563 at about age 57 in West Drayton, Middlesex, England

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William Paget was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

William Paget, 1st Lord Paget (of Beaudesert) (c.1506-1563) was the son of William Paget, a serjeant-at-mace of the city of London. He married Anne Preston, daughter of Henry Preston, circa 1530.

In 1549 was created Baron Paget de Beaudesert [England] by writ.

Children of William Paget, 1st Lord Paget (of Beaudesert) and Anne Preston

1. Henry Paget, 2nd Lord Paget (of Beaudesert)+ b. c 1537, d. 28 Dec 1568
2. Thomas Paget, 3rd Lord Paget (of Beaudesert)+ b. c 1544, d. bt Jan 1590 - 7 Aug 1590
3. Charles Paget (c. 1546–1612)
4. Edward Paget (died young)
5. Etheldreda Paget m. Sir Christopher Allen
6. Griselda Paget m.(1) Sir Thomas Rivett (2) Sir William Waldegrave
7. Eleanor Paget m.(1) Jerome Palmer, esq (2) Sir Rowland Clarke
8. Joan/Jane Paget m. Sir Thomas Kitson
9. Dorothy Paget m. Sir Thomas Willoughby
10. Anne Paget (d.1590) m. Sir Henry Lee

Sources

• wikipedia:William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2488.htm#i24871
• Sybil M. Jack, ‘Paget, William, first Baron Paget (1505/6–1563)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 24 Aug 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
• PAGET, William (by 1506-63), of Beaudesert Park and Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., West Drayton, Mdx., and London. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
• Cokayne's Complete Peerage vol.6, p.183