Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

The Marquess of Anglesey
Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey by Rex Whistler (1937)
Born	(1885-04-14)14 April 1885
Died	21 February 1947(1947-02-21) (aged 61)
Alma mater	Eton College Royal Military College Sandhurst
Title	Marquess of Anglesey
Term	14 March 1905 – 21 February 1947
Spouse(s)	Lady Victoria Manners
Children	Lady Caroline Duff Lady Elizabeth von Hofmannsthal Lady Mary Paget Lady Rose McLaren George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey Lady Katharine Farrel
Parent(s)	Lord Alexander Paget

Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey Bt, GCVO, (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer.

Life

Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th Marquess. He was Mayor of Burton upon Trent in 1911.

During the First World War, he served with the Royal Horse Guards 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 later as Assistant Military Secretary to the General Officer Commanding in Ireland in 1916. He served in the Home Guard in World War II.

The 6th Marquess of Anglesey was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 until his death in 1947.

Marriage and children

On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Marjorie 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(1973-05-22) (aged 59)), married Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet
Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916-1980), married Raimund von Hofmannsthal
Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose Paget (19 January 1918–28 March 1996(1996-03-28) (aged 78)), died unmarried
Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (27 July 1919–1 November 2005(2005-11-01) (aged 86)), married Hon. John Francis McLaren
George Charles Henry Victor Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (afterwards 7th Marquess) (8 October 1922–13 July 2013(2013-07-13) (aged 90))
Lady Katharine Mary Veronica Paget (b. (1922-10-08) 8 October 1922), married (1) Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, (2) Charles Farrell

Residences

Until World War I, the 6th Marquess of Anglesey mainly lived at Beaudesert, the Paget family estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. Heavy taxation after the war meant that the 6th Marquess could no longer afford to maintain the property at Beaudesert, so in 1920 he left to live at Plas Newydd. The Beaudesert estate was broken up and sold off.

At Plas Newydd, the 6th Marquess commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme. The trompe l'oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of the major attractions at the property.

Gallery

Paget's wife, Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners 1912
From left to right, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the Marquess of Anglesey and Sir John Maxwell at the latter's headquarters in Cairo, early 1915. Photo from The War Illustrated, 29 May 1915.

References

External links

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey

Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 1942–1947	Succeeded by Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Paget	Marquess of Anglesey 1905–1947	Succeeded by Henry Paget

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