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Henry William Paget , 1 Marque of ( eld. child of Henry Bayly, 1 Earl of Uxbridge 1744–1812 ). b. 17 May 1768; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., M.A. 1786; M.P. for Carnarvon 1790–96 and 1806–10; M.P. for Milbourn Port 1796–1804; raised among his father’s tenantry 80th regiment of foot or Staff ords hire volunteers; lieut. col. commandant of it 12 Sep. 1793 to 16 June 1795; lieut. col. 16 light dragoons 16 June 1795; lieut. col. 7 light dragoons 6 April 1797 and col. 16 May 1801 to 20 Dec. 1842; succeeded 13 March 1812; lord lieut. of Anglesey 21 April 1812 to death; G.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; created Marque of Anglesey 4 July 1815; G.C.H. 1816; K.G. 19 Feb. 1818; general 12 Aug. 1819; lord high steward at coronation of George iv, 19 July 1821; master general of the ordnance 1827–28 and 1846–52; P.C. 30 April 1827; lord lieut. of Ireland 1828–29 and 1830–33; col. of royal horse guards 20 Dec. 1842 to death; field marshal 9 Nov. 1846; lord lieut. of Staffs. 31 Jany. 1849 to death. d. 1 Old Burlington st. London 29 April 1854. bur. in Lich field cathedral 6 May. J. W. Cole’s British generals i , 109–44 (1856), portrait ; N. and Q. 3rd series ii , 249, 320, 339; H. Martin eau’s Biographical sketches, 4 ed. 1876 57–63. Note. —In a garden close to the church at Waterloo is a monument to his right leg lost in the battle; he refused a pension of £1,200 per annum granted him for this lo , thus saving his country nearly £47,000.