Paget family
CountryUnited Kingdom
FounderWilliam Paget, 1st Baron Paget
Current headCharles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey
SeatPlas Newydd
Historic seatBeaudesert
TitlesBaron Paget
Marquess of Anglesey
Motto
PER IL SUO CONTRARIO

(By means of its own opposite)

The Paget family are an Anglo-Welsh aristocratic family founded by William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (1506–63) and now headed by the Marquess of Anglesey.

The male line of the family became extinct with the death of Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge in 1769. The barony of Paget and the family estates passed to the late Earl's cousin Henry Bayly, 10th Baron Paget. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, of Plas Newydd, and Caroline, Lady Bayly, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget, son of the Hon. Henry Paget, second son of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget. He assumed in 1770 by Royal license the surname and arms of Paget only. In 1784 the earldom of Uxbridge was revived in his favour. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, the great military leader who led the charge of the heavy cavalry against d'Erlon's column during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was created Marquess of Anglesey a few weeks later.[1]

The surname Paget refers to a page.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "PAGET family (later marquesses of Anglesey), Plas Newydd, Llanedwen, Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Origin and History of the Name of Butler. Am. Pub. Assoc. 1905. p. 64. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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