Background
Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Eton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He was Mayor of Burton upon Trent in 1911. He served in the Home Guard in World World War World War II The 6th Marquess of Anglesey was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 until his death in 1947. Until World War I, the 6th Marquess of Anglesey mainly lived at Beaudesert, the Paget family estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.
Heavy taxation after the war meant that the 6th Marquess could no longer afford to maintain the property at Beaudesert, so in 1920 he left to live at Plas Newydd.
The Beaudesert estate was broken up and sold official At Plas Newydd, the 6th Marquess commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme.
The trompe l"oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of the major attractions at the property.