Reginald Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton

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Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton, PC, QC, (2 September 19082 January 1990), also known as Reginald Guy Thomas Du Voeux Paget was a British lawyer and Labour politician.

The son of Major Thomas Guy Frederick Paget, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton from 1945 to 1974. He was advocate of Erich von Manstein and later author of "Manstein: His Campaigns and His Trial" (1957). He was also a strong opponent of the execution of Derek Bentley.

Paget was both Privy Counsellor and Queen's Counsel. On 2 January 1975, he was created a life peer as Baron Paget of Northampton, of Lubenham in the County of Leicestershire.

In 1931, he married Sybil Helen Gibbons (Nancy), daughter of Sills Clifford Gibbons. They occupied Lubenham Lodge near Market Harborough from 1964.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gerard Spencer Summers
Member of Parliament for Northampton
1945February 1974
Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
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