Thomas Catesby Paget, Lord Paget (1689 – 4 February 1742) was a British politician, styled Hon. Thomas Catesby Paget from 1712 to 1714.
Paget was born in 1689, the son of Hon. Henry Paget, later Earl of Uxbridge, and his wife Mary Catesby. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Clare College, Cambridge.[1] In 1715, he was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, where his family was influential, as a Tory. Lord Paget (as he was styled from 1714) married Lady Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater on 6 May 1718, in Gray's Inn Chapel. They had two sons:
Lord Paget continued to sit for Staffordshire until 1727. He was appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales in 1719, serving him through his accession as King George II in 1727 until 1736. He died at West Drayton on 4 February 1742 (N.S.), and was buried on 19 February in Westminster Abbey. Lord Paget had a reputation for learning, and authored Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, reflecting on human life.
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Preceded by Ralph Sneyd Henry Vernon |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1715–1727 With: William Ward 1715–1720 William Leveson-Gower 1720–1727 |
Succeeded by William Leveson-Gower Sir Walter Bagot |