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Lord Clarence Paget

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Lord Clarence Paget
Lord Clarence Paget, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1875
Born17 June 1811
Died22 March 1895 (1895-03-23) (aged 83)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1827–1876
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Pearl
HMS Howe
HMS Aigle
HMS Princess Royal
Mediterranean Fleet
Battles / warsGreek War of Independence
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget GCB PC (17 June 1811 – 22 March 1895) was a British naval officer, politician, and sculptor.

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Born the younger son of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Paget in 1827 like many younger sons of nobility entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman on the second-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Asia and took part in the Battle of Navarino in 1827.[1] Promoted to commander in 1834, he took charge of HMS Pearl and, promoted to captain in 1839, he commanded the first-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Howe and then the fifth-rate frigate HMS Aigle.[1]

Paget attempted to enter Parliament as a Liberal for Southampton in 1837, but was returned as a member for Sandwich in 1847, retaining the seat until July 1852.[1]

Paget served as secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance from 1846 to 1853.[1] He commanded the second-rate ship-of-the-line HMS Princess Royal in the expedition to the Baltic in 1854 during the Crimean War (1854–1856).[1] Again Member of Parliament for Southampton from March 1857, he was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty in June 1859 but accepted the Chiltern Hundreds (i.e., resigned) in March 1866.[1] He was promoted to vice admiral in 1865 and was Commander-in Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1866 to 1869.[1]

Paget retired in 1876. He died in 1895 at the age of 83.[1]

Family

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In 1852 Paget married Martha Stuart, the youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bt.[1]

References

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Further reading

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  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Paget, Clarence Edward" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sandwich
18471852
With: Charles Grenfell
Lord Charles Clinton
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sandwich
1857 – 1866
With: Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Admiralty
1859–1866
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
1866–1869
Succeeded by