Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

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Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (14 April 1885–21 February 1947) was a British peer.

Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst and in 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin. In 1911 he was Mayor of Burton upon Trent and went on to serve in the First World War as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding in Egypt in 1915 (for which he was decorated with the Order of the Nile) and then as Assistant Military Secretary to General Officer Commanding in Ireland in 1916.

On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and they had six children:

• Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (15 June 1913–22 May 1973, married Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet.
• Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (b. 28 October 1916), married Raimund von Hofmannsthal.
• Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (19 January 1918–28 March 1996), died unmarried.
• Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (1919–2005), married Hon. John Francis McLaren.
• George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (b. 8 October 1922)
• Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (b. 8 October 1922), married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell.

After World War I he was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 till his death in 1947.

He commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme for the family seat at Plas Newydd. The trompe l'oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of major attractions at this property.

Honorary Titles
Preceded by Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1942–1947	Succeeded by Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Paget	Marquess of Anglesey 1905–1947	Succeeded by George Paget