Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

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Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (July 6, 1797 – February 7, 1869) was the son of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.

Lord Anglesey was M.P. (Whig) for Anglesey between 1820 and 1832 and State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1828 and 1829. He was also a Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1839 and invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1839. Lord Anglesey was later Lord Chamberlain between 1839 and 1841 and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey between 1854 and 1869.

He married, firstly, Eleanora Campbell, grand-daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, on 5 August 1819. They had three children:

• Sir Henry William George Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey (1821–1880)
• Hon. Eleanora Caroline Paget (c. 1828–1848), married Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Baronet.
• Lady Constance Henrietta Paget (c. 1831–1878), married George Finch, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and had issue.

He married, secondly, Henrietta Bagot, daughter of Charles Bagot, on 27 August 1833. They had four children:

• Sir Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (1835–1898)
• Lord Alexander Victor Paget (1839–1896), married Hon. 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. She married secondly, Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet and had issue.
• Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget (1844–1913), married Florence Chetwynd, a great-granddaughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot and had issue.

Lord Anglesey married thirdly, Ellen Burnand, on 8 March 1860.

Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess Conyngham	Lord Chamberlain 1839–1841	Succeeded by The Earl De La Warr
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Paget	Marquess of Anglesey 1854–1869	Succeeded by Henry Paget