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ANGLESEY. 87 Dragoons. He distinguished himself (being then styled Lord Paget) in the campaign of the Duke of York, and subsequently, with the 10th Hussars (as Lieut. -Col. J, at Coruuna, under Sir John Moore. On 13 March 1812 he sue. his father as Earl of Uxbridge, &C. At Waterloo, 18 June 1815, he commanded the cavalry of the Anglo- Belgian army and contributed greatly to the success of that memorable battle, in which he received a wound, which entailed the loss of his leg.( :l ) Three weeks after that action he was rewarded by being cr. Marquess of Anglesey, as above. G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815. Knight of Maria Theresa of Austria. Knight of St. George of Russia, 1S15. G.C.H., 1S1G. KG, 19 Feb. 1818. Full General, 1819. P.C., 1827. Col. of the Royal House Guards, 1842. Field Marshal, 1846. He was also twice, 1827-28 and 1846-52, Master den. of the Ordnance; and twice, 1S28 to 1829, and 1S30 to 1833, Lord Lieut, of Ireland. At the coronation of Geo. IV, 1881, he acted as Lord High Steward. Lord Lieut, of co. Anglesey. Lord Lieut, of co. Stafford, &c. He m. firstly, 25 July 1795, Caroline Elizabeth, 3rd da. of George Bussey (Viluers), 1th Earl of Jersey, by Frances, da. and h. of Philip Twysden, Bishop of ltaphoe [I.]. She was b. 10 Dee. 1774. This marriage, after the birth of eight children, was dissolved at Uev own suit by the Scotch Courts in lS10.(, h ) He m. secondly, in 1810, Charlotte, the divorced wife of lit. Hon. the Hon. Henry Wellesley (afterwards cr. Lord Cowley), da. of Charles Sloane (Cadogan), 1st Earl Cadogan, by his 2nd wife, Mary. .la. of Charles Churchill. She was b. 11 July 1S01 and, after having been the mother of four children, was divorced from her 1st husband in 1S10 ; a duel with her br., Capt. Cadogan, and a verdict for damages of £24,000 in a trial for mm. am., was the result of this marriage. She d. 8 July 1853. Admon., Dec. 1853. The Marquess d. at Us bridge House, Old Burlington Str., Midx. 29 April 1854, in his 86th year, being (with the exception of the Royal family) the only Field Marshal at that time in the army, lie was fifth in Lichfield Cathedral. Will pr. July 1S54. II. 1884. §. Henry (Paget), Marques; of Anglesey, &c, s. and h. by first wife, b. 6 July, 1797. Col. in the army. M.P. for Anglesey, 1820-32. He was sum. v.p. to the House of Lords by writ, 15 Jan. 1833, and placed in his father's Barony, as LORD PAGET OF BEAUDESERT. P.O. Lord-Lieut, of co. Anglesey. He m. firstly, 5 Aug. 1S19, Eleanora, 2nd da. of John Campbell of Shan-field by Charlotte Susan Maria, 2nd da. of John (Campbell), 5th Duke of Argyll [S.] She d". 3 July 1S2S. He M„ secondly, 27 Aug. 1833, Henrietta Maria, 3rd da. of Kt. Hon. Sir Charles Bau.ot, U.C.B., by Mary Charlotte Anne, lftt da. of William (Welleslky) 3rd Earl of MoBNINQTOS [I.], She was b., Sep. 1815, and d. 22 March 1S44. He m. thirdly, 8 March 1860, Ellen Jane, the divorced wife of W. J. Bell, da. of George Burnand. By her, however, he had no issue. He d, 7 Feb. 1869 at Bcaudesert. His widow d. 2 June 1874, at Worthing, Sussex, in her 44th year, and was bur. in the cemetery there. M.I. III. 1869. 3. Henry WlIXIAM George (Paget), Marquess of Anglesey, &c, s. and h., being the only s. by 1st wife, 6. 9 Dec. 1821. Sometime an officer in the army. M.P. for South Staftbrdshire, 1854-57. He m., 7 June 1845, Sophia, da. of James Eversfield of Denne Park, Sussex, by Mary, 1st da. of Robert H. Crew. He d s.p. 30 Jan. 1880, at Albert Mansions, Victoria Street, Westm. His widow living 1884. IV. 1880. 4- Henry (Paget); Marquess of Anglesey, Earl of Uxbridge and Lord Paget, half br. and h., being s. of the 2nd Marquess by his second wife, b. 25 Dec. 1835. Major and Hon. Lieut. Col. of the lloyal Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He m. firstly, 24 Aug. 1S58, Elizabeth, da. of Joseph Norman. She d. s.p. 5 Nov. 1873, Aged 32. He nt. secondly, 2 Feb. 1874, at the British Embassy, Paris, Blanche Mary, da. of Curwen Boyd of Merton Hall, co. Wigtown, and of Prince's Gardens, Hyde Park, Midx. She d. 14 Aug. 1877, at ( ) See interesting account thereof and amusing epitaphs thereon in " N. and O.." 3rf s,,ii, 249, 320 and 339. ( ) She m., 29 Nov. 1810, George William (Campbell), 6th Duke of Akgyli.[S.1 (who d. s.p., 22 Oct. 1839), and d. 16 June 1835.