Paget Baronets

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There have been two Paget Baronetcies, both created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 19th century, and both still extant.

[edit] Paget Baronets of Harewood Place, Middlesex (1871)

The Paget Baronetcy of Harewood Place, Middlesex was created on 19 August 1871 for the surgeon and pathologist James Paget.

• Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet (1814–1899)
• Sir John Rahere Paget, 2nd Baronet (1848–1938)
• Sir James Francis Paget, 3rd Baronet (1890–1972)
• Sir Julian Tolver Paget, 4th Baronet CVO (b. 11 July 1921). Paget is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and author. He wrote The Yeoman of the Guard (1984), Second to none: the Coldstream Guards, 1650-2000 (2000), and a number of other military histories. He served in the Coldstream Guards from 1940 to 1968 and was a Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II from 1971 to 1991, and has been an Extra Gentleman Usher since 1991. Paget succeeded in the baronetcy in 1972 and was made a CVO in 1984.

[edit] Paget Baronets of Cranmore, Somerset (1886)

The Paget Baronetcy of Cranmore, Somerset was created on 6 March 1886 for the politician Richard Paget.

• Sir Richard Horner Paget, 1st Baronet (1832–1908), Member of Parliament 1865–1895 (for East Somerset, Mid Somerset and Wells), Privy Councillor 1895
• Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Baronet (1869–1955)
• Sir John Starr Paget, 3rd Baronet (1914–1992)
• Sir Richard Herbert Paget, 4th Baronet (b. 1967)