Background
Anglesey was the eldest son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and his first wife, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey.
Anglesey was the eldest son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and his first wife, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey.
He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1839 and 1841. He was the half-brother of Lord Clarence Paget, Lord Alfred Paget and Lord George Paget. Described as a keen sportsman, who devoted his time to shooting, coursing, racing and cricket, Anglesey helped found Worthing Cricket Club in Sussex in 1855.
Anglesey entered the House of Commons for Anglesey in 1820, a seat he held until 1832.
He was State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1828 and 1829. In 1832 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father"s junior title Baron Paget.
He served under Lord Melbourne as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1837 to 1839 and as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1839 to 1841 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1839. In 1854 he inherited the marquessate on the death of his father and also succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, an office he held until his death in 1869.
Lord Anglesey married, firstly, on 5 August 1819, Eleanora Campbell, second daughter of Colonel John Campbell and the writer Lady Charlotte and granddaughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll.
They had three children:
Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey (1821–1880)
Honorary Eleanora Caroline Paget (c 1828–1848), married Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Baronet
Lady Constance Henrietta Paget (c 1831–1878), married George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and had issue
They had four children:
Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (1835–1898)
Lord Alexander Victor Paget (1839–1896), married Honorary Hester Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere and had issue
Lady Florence Cecilia Paget (1842–1907), married firstly, Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings.
Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget (1844–1913), married Florence Chetwynd, a great-granddaughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot and had issue
There were no children from this marriage.
The Marchioness of Anglesey died Worthing, Sussex, in June 1874.
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