Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget 1812 and 1815 and Earl of Uxbridge from 1815 to 1854, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1839 and 1841.

Background

Anglesey was the eldest son of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and his first wife, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey. He was the half-brother of Lord Clarence Paget, Lord Alfred Paget and Lord George Paget.
He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia from 1853 to 1855.
Described as a keen sportsman, who devoted his time to shooting, coursing, racing and cricket, Anglesey helped found Worthing Cricket Club in Sussex in 1855.

Political career

Anglesey entered the House of Commons for Anglesey in 1820, a seat he held until 1832. He was State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1828 and 1829. In 1832 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title Baron Paget. He served under Lord Melbourne as a Lord-in-waiting from 1837 to 1839 and as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1839 to 1841 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1839. In 1854 he inherited the marquessate on the death of his father and also succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, an office he held until his death in 1869. He also inherited 29,700 acres which gave an astronomical annual income of £110,000 per annum.

Family

Lord Anglesey married, firstly, on 5 August 1819, Eleanora Campbell, second daughter of Colonel John Campbell and the writer Lady Charlotte Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll. They had three children:

Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget ; she married Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Bt. on 4 February 1847. Died at Eastwell Park, home of her sister Lady Winchilsea
Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey ; he married Sophia Eversfield on 7 June 1845.
Lady Constance Henrietta Paget ; she married George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea on 6 August 1846. They had four children.

After his first wife's death in July 1828, he married, secondly, Henrietta Bagot, fourth daughter of Charles Bagot and Lady Mary Charlotte Wellesley, on 27 August 1833. They had seven children:

Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey ; he married Elizabeth Norman on 24 August 1858. He remarried Blanche Boyd on 2 February 1874. They had one son. He remarried, again, Mary King on 26 June 1880.
Alice Emily
Lord Alexander Victor Paget ; he married Hester Stapleton-Cotton on 26 August 1880. They had four children including their eldest son 6th Marquess of Anglesey.
Lady Florence Cecilia Paget ; she married Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings on 16 July 1864. She remarried Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet on 9 June 1870. They had three children.
Lord Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget ; he married Florence Chetwynd on 5 June 1877. They had two children.

After his second wife's early death in March 1844, aged 28, Lord Anglesey married thirdly, Ellen Burnand, daughter of George Burnand and former wife of J. W. Bell, on 8 March 1860. There were no children from this marriage. He died in Lambeth, London, aged 71, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son from his first marriage, Henry. The Marchioness of Anglesey died Worthing, Sussex, in June 1874.