Berkeley Paget

The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget (2 January 1780 – 26 October 1842), was a British politician.

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Background

Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné. He was the younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Sir Arthur Paget, Sir Edward Paget and Sir Charles Paget.[1]

Political career

Paget succeeded his elder brother Sir Arthur Paget as Member of Parliament for Anglesey in 1807.[2] In 1810 he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury by Spencer Perceval, a post he retained when Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister in 1812 after Perceval's assassination. In 1820 he became Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, succeeding another brother, Sir Edward Paget.[3] He continued to represent this constituency and remained a Lord of the Treasury until in 1826.

Family

Berkeley married Sophia, daughter of the Hon. William Bucknall, in 1804. They had several children, including Frederick Paget, MP for Beaumaris, and Leopold Paget, a Colonel in the Royal Artillery, whose son Wellesley Paget became a Brigadier-General in the Royal Artillery. Paget died in October 1842, aged 62. His wife survived him by seventeen years and died in February 1859.[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hon. Sir Arthur Paget
Member of Parliament for Anglesey
1807–1820
Succeeded by
The Earl of Uxbridge
Preceded by
Hon. Sir Edward Paget
Robert Casberd
Member of Parliament for Milborne Port
1820–1826
With: The Lord Graves
Succeeded by
The Lord Graves
Arthur Chichester