Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget GCB (16 April 1823 – 11 July 1896) was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Augusta Fane, nephew of General Sir Edward Paget and grandson of The 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
Paget was appointed a member of Queen Victoria's privy council in 1876 he was a career civil servant and diplomat and British ambassador.
During his civil service career, Paget served in the Post Office and the Audit Office. In the diplomatic service, he was posted to Denmark, Germany, Portugal, and Italy where he held the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary between 1876 and 1883. Finally, in Austria, he held the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 1883 and 1893.
Paget married in 1860 Countess Walburga Ehrengarde Helena de Hohenthal. The couple had three children:
His wife later achieved fame in her own right by publishing a series of memoirs of her life in the various embassies in which they lived.
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| Preceded by Henry George Elliot |
British Minister to Italy 1867–1876 |
mission upgraded |
| New title mission upgraded
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British Ambassador to Italy 1876–1883 |
Succeeded by Sir John Savile |
| Preceded by Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound |
British Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1884–1893 |
Succeeded by Sir Edmund Monson |