Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey
Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (
14 April 1885–
21 February 1947) was a
British peer.
Paget was born in
1885, the son of
Lord Alexander Paget, was educated at
Eton and the
Royal Military College Sandhurst and in
1905 he succeeded as
Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin. In
1911 he was Mayor of
Burton upon Trent and went on to serve in the
First World War as
aide-de-camp to the
General Officer Commanding in
Egypt in
1915 (for which he was decorated with the
Order of the Nile) and then as Assistant
Military Secretary to General Officer Commanding in
Ireland in
1916.
On
3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the
8th Duke of Rutland and they had six children:
*
Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget (
15 June 1913–
22 May 1973, married
Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet.
*Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (b.
28 October 1916), married
Raimund von Hofmannsthal.
*Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (
19 January 1918–
28 March 1996), died unmarried.
*
Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (1919–2005), married Hon.
John Francis McLaren.
*
George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (b.
8 October 1922)
*Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (b.
8 October 1922), married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell.
After World War I he was
Lord Chamberlain to
Queen Mary from
1922 till his death in
1947.
