Major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 Thomas Guy Frederick Paget (29 July 1886 – 12 March 1952), was a British soldier and Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician.

Paget was the son of Thomas Guy Paget, of Ibstock

Ibstock

Ibstock is a village and civil parish about south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is on the A447 road Between Coalville and Hinckley....

, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

. His great-grandfather Thomas Paget

Thomas Paget (1778–1862)

Thomas Paget was a banker and Whig politician in England.He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Leicestershire in 1831, and held seat until the constituency was divided at the 1832 general election....

, of Lubenham

Lubenham

Lubenham is a small rural village and civil parish west of Market Harborough, a market town in the south of Leicestershire, England. The first ever Grand National was held in Lubenham, on the grounds of what is now Thorpe Lubenham Hall....

, was a banker and represented Leicestershire

Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from...

 in Parliament while his great-uncle, also named Thomas Paget

Thomas Paget (1807–1892)

Thomas Tertius Paget was an English banker and Liberal Party politician.Paget was the eldest son of the banker and Whig politician Thomas Paget and his wife Anne Pares. He was a partner in Leicester Bank and became a J. P...

, represented Leicestershire South and Harborough

Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Harborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

. Paget sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Bosworth

Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Bosworth is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 from 1922 to 1923.

Paget died in March 1952, aged 65. His son Reginald

Reginald Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton

Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton, PC, QC, , also known as Reginald Guy Thomas Du Voeux Paget was a British lawyer and Labour politician....

 was also a politician.

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