Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge
Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge (22 January 1719 – 16 November 1769) was a British nobleman, styled Lord Paget from 1742 to 1743.
The only son of Thomas Paget, Lord Paget and his wife Lady Elizabeth, he was commissioned a cornet in the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons on 23 April 1742, shortly after the death of his father. He succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Uxbridge in 1743. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Staffordshire on 7 July 1757, and died, unmarried, on 16 November 1769. He was buried on 24 November at West Drayton.
References
- thePeerage.com
- Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England. London: Longmans, Green. p. 549.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Paget |
Baron Paget 1743–1769 |
Succeeded by Henry Bayly |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Henry Paget |
Earl of Uxbridge 1743–1769 |
Extinct |
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