Henry (Bayly) Paget (1744 - 1812)

Born 18 Jun 1744 in Plas-Newydd, Anglesey, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Champagné) Paget — married 10 Apr 1767 in Longford, Ireland

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1812 at age 67 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

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Lord Henry Bayly was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Henry (Bayly) Paget was born in Anglesey, Wales.

Henry (Bayly) Paget was born in Middlesex, England.

Henry Bayly (later known as Paget), the son of Nicholas Bayly and Caroline Paget, was born in 1744 at Anglesey, Wales.

He succeeded to the title of 9th Lord Paget, of Beaudesert [E., 1549] on 16 November 1769. On 29 January 1770 his name was legally changed to Henry Paget by Royal Licence. He was created 1st Earl of Uxbridge, co. Middlesex [Great Britain] on 19 May 1784.

Henry Paget married Jane Champagné (daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise, a descendant of a well-known Huguenot family which had settled in Ireland, and his wife Jane Forbes) on 10 April 1767 at County Longford, Ireland.^{[1] [2]} Children of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and Jane Champagné:

1. Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, (17 May 1768 - 29 April 1854)
2. William Bayley Paget (22 December 1769 – 1794)
3. Arthur Paget (15 January 1771 – 26 July 1840)
4. Caroline Paget (6 February 1773 – 9 July 1847)
5. Jane Paget (1 September 1774 – 30 June 1842)
6. Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849)
7. Louisa Paget (26 March 1777 – 23 January 1842)
8. Charles Paget (7 October 1778 – 27 January 1839)
9. Berkeley Thomas Paget b. 2 Jan 1780, d. 26 Oct 1842
10. Charlotte Paget (26 October 1781 – 26 January 1817)
11. Mary Paget (9 April 1783 – 29 April 1835)
12. Brownlow Paget (19 March 1787 – April 1797)

Titles

10th Baron Paget in 1769, taking the name of Paget in lieu of Bayly by Royal Licence on 29 January 1770.
1st Earl of Uxbridge (2nd creation) in 1784
3rd Baronet of Plas Newydd in 1782

Henry (Bayley) Paget died on 13 March 1812 at London, England.

He was buried in the Paget family vault at Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Area - DUBLIN (COI) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. ANNE Marriage of HENRY BAYLY of LONDON and JANE CHAMPAGNE of N/R on 10 July 1767 https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
2. ↑ Image of church register page at https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/display-pdf.jsp?pdfName=prs11-anne-18
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184386613/henry-bayly_paget: accessed 02 November 2023), memorial page for Henry Bayly Paget (18 Jul 1744–13 Mar 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184386613, citing Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England; Maintained by SMW (contributor 50068686)
4. ↑ Henry Bayley Age 67; Death Date 1812; Birth Date 1745; Mother's Name Bayley Spouse's Name Bayley; Event Type Burial; Event Date 25 Mar 1812; Event Place Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original) The Close, Lichfield, The Close, Staffordshire, England Affiliate Film Number GBPRS/STAFF/BUR2/140342 "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7C-TT8W : 8 July 2020), Henry Bayley, 25 Mar 1812; citing Burial, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 101,097,286

See also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paget,_1st_Earl_of_Uxbridge_(second_creation)

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10593.htm#i105926
• The Gentry, The Story of the English by Adam Nicolson, Harper Press, London, 2011. Call 942.008 NIC Public library. The Bayly, Paget families and others and the discovery and development of lead and copper ore mine at Anglesey.

Born Henry Bayly, Uxbridge was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, of Plas Newydd in Anglesey, by his wife Caroline Paget, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget and a great-granddaughter of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget. He succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769 on the death of his mother's second cousin the Earl of Uxbridge and by Royal Licence on 29 January 1770, took the name of Paget in lieu of Bayly. In 1782 he succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet

Uxbridge became Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey in 1782. On 19 May 1784 he was created Earl of Uxbridge, in the County of Middlesex. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire between 1801 and 1812, Constable of Caernarfon Castle, Ranger of the Forest of Snowdon, Steward of Bardney, and Vice-Admiral of North Wales.

• S21513 Title: Cassiobury Collection, Watford Museum - 26/08/05 RJCW Ref 200: Author: The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House.

• G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 501.