Background
Paget was the son of John Moore Paget of Cranmore, Somerset and his wife Elizabeth Jane Doveton.
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Education
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was a captain in the 66th Regiment and Honorary lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert"s (Somersetshire) Light Infantry.
Career
He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset. However, at the 1868 general election, he was elected instead for Mid Somerset and held the seat until it was reorganised under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885. He was then elected in the 1885 general election as Member of Parliament for Wells, which he held until the 1895 general election.
Paget was made a Baronet in 1886, and sworn as a Privy Councillor in 1895.
Paget married Caroline Isabel Surtees in 1866.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament.
23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament.
25th United Kingdom Parliament]
In the 1865 general election, Paget was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset.
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Political Party
Conservative