Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
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Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge PC (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. One of his sons, who succeeded as second Earl of Uxbridge, commanded the cavalry at Waterloo and was later created Marquess of Anglesey, another Charles rose to be a vice-admiral.
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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 |
