Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge

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Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (18 June 1744 – 13 March 1812) was born Henry Bayly, the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, of Plas Newydd in Anglesey, by his wife Caroline Paget, a great-granddaughter of the 5th Lord Paget. He succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769 on the death of his mother's second cousin the Earl of Uxbridge and by Royal Licence on 29 January 1770, took the name of Paget in lieu of Bayly. In 1782 he succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet, and became Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey in the same year. On 19 May 1784 he was created Earl of Uxbridge. He also held positions as Constable of Caernarfon Castle, Ranger of the Forest of Snowdon, Steward of Bardney, and Vice-Admiral of North Wales. In 1767 he married Jane Champagné, a descendant of a well-known Huguenot family which had settled in Ireland. When he died he was aged sixty-seven while his widow died five years later in 1817 aged seventy-five. His son, who succeeded as second Earl of Uxbridge, commanded the cavalry at Waterloo and was later created Marquess of Anglesey.

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Honorary Titles
Preceded by: Sir Nicholas Bayly	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1782–1812	Succeeded by: The Earl of Uxbridge
Preceded by: Earl Gower	Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 1801–1812	Succeeded by: The Earl Talbot
Peerage of England
Preceded by: Henry Paget	Baron Paget 1769–1812	Succeeded by: Henry William Paget
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by: Nicholas Bayly	Baronet (of Plas Newydd) 1782–1812	Succeeded by: Henry William Paget
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by: New Creation	Earl of Uxbridge 1784–1812	Succeeded by: Henry William Paget