Background
Paget was born in 1689, the son of Honorary
Paget was born in 1689, the son of Honorary
He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Clare College, Cambridge.
Thomas Catesby Paget from 1712 to 1714, and subsequently with the courtesy title Lord Paget. In the latter stages of the War of the Spanish Succession he was taken prisoner by French forces in southern Germany, as he tried to make his way to Italy. Lord Paget continued to sit for Staffordshire until 1727.
He was appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales in 1719, serving him through his accession as King George II in 1727 until 1736.
Paget died at West Drayton on 4 February 1742 (Nova Scotia), and was buried on 19 February in Westminster Abbey. Lord Paget (as he was styled from 1714) married Lady Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater on 6 May 1718, in Gray"s Inn Chapel.
They had two sons:
Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (1719–1769)
Honorary George Paget (1720–1737), died at Colchester.
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In 1715, he was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, where his family was influential, as a Tory.