Lord Alfred Paget
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Lord Alfred Henry Paget (26 June 1816 – 24 August 1888) was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865.

Biography

Paget was the fourth son of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards
Royal Horse Guards
The Royal Horse Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of...

. In 1837 he was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Lichfield
Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and held the seat until 1865, when he was defeated by the Conservative
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...

 Richard Dyott.

Paget was Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to the Queen
Victoria of the United Kingdom
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 from July 1846 to March 1852, from December 1852 to March 1858 and from June 1859.Lieutenant-Colonel (unattached), 1854. He lived at 42 Grosvenor Place, London and at Melford Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk
Sudbury, Suffolk
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.

Business Interests

Paget was a director of the North Staffordshire Railway
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire....

 Company between January 1854 and February 1875.

Family

Paget married Cecilia, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, Norfolk in 1847. Their children were:
  1. Violet Mary (d. 1908)
  2. Victoria Alexandrina (d. 1859)
  3. Hon. Evelyn Cecilia d. May 17, 1904
  4. Alberta Victoria (d. 1945)
  5. Alice Maud (d. 1925)
  6. Alexandra Harriet (d. 1944) (Lady Colebrooke
    Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke
    Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke PC, GCVO , known as Sir Edward Colebrooke, 5th Baronet, from 1890 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician and courtier....

    )
  7. Guinevere Eva (d. 1894)
  8. Arthur Henry Fitzroy (1851–1928)
  9. Alfred Wyndham (1852–1918)
  10. George Thomas Cavendish (1853–1939)
  11. Gerald Cecil Stewart (1854–1913)
  12. Sydney Augustus
    Sydney Paget
    Sydney Augustus Paget was an English aristocrat who owned and raced Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and who managed the racing operations for prominent owners, William C. Whitney and James Ben Ali Haggin....

     (1857–1916)
  13. Amy Olivia (1858–1948)
  14. Almeric Hugh
    Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough
    Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough GBE was born into a noble family, but left school with only £5 to his name...

     (1861–1949)

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