Background
Paget was the youngest son of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey by his second wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.
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Westminster School.
Career
Paget served in the Crimean War and fought at Alma and Balaclava. He is frequently quoted for his references to the Russian engagement in Balaklava on the Crimean Peninsula: "Every fool at the outposts, who fancies he hears something, has only to make a row, and there we all are, Generals and all. Well I suppose 500 false alarms are better than one surprise".
This quote was supposedly written right before the Russians surprised the camp.
He is famous for having charged with the Light Brigade while smoking a cheroot (a type of cigar favored by soldiers who served in India). He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1870.
Membership
15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament]
Apart from his military career Paget sat as for Beaumaris between 1847 and 1857.
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Born
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Nationality
United Kingdom