Arthur Paget (British Army officer)

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Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget GCB GCVO (1 March 18518 December 1928) was a soldier (reaching the rank of General) and diplomat,[1] who served in Belgrade and Ireland. During the 1870s he was a leading owner of steeplechasers. Until 1878 he used the nom de plume 'Mr Fitzroy'. Under this pseudonym, Paget wrote several novels in the Naturalist style, recounting his exploits in the military.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Person Page 3392. thepeerage.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.

[edit] Further reading

  • (1999) in Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. 


Court offices
Preceded by
Charles Phipps
Page of Honour
1861 – 1867
Succeeded by
George Grey
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Neville Lyttelton
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
1912 – 1915
Succeeded by
Sir Lovick Friend
Heraldic offices
New title King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire
1918 – 1928
Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Heath


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