Henry William Paget,1st Marquess of Anglesey,styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815,was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member of parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port,he took part in the Flanders Campaign and then commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain during the Peninsular War;his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún and at the Battle of Benavente,where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard. During the Hundred Days he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo. At the end of the battle,he lost part of one leg to a cannonball. In later life he served twice as Master-General of the Ordnance and twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Marquess of Anglesey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget,2nd Earl of Uxbridge,a hero of the Battle of Waterloo,second in command to the Duke of Wellington. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Uxbridge,in the County of Middlesex,in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784),Baron Paget,de Beaudesert,in the Peerage of England (1553),and is also an Irish Baronet,of Plas Newydd in the County of Anglesey and of Mount Bagenall in the County of Louth.
Lord Alfred Henry Paget was a British soldier,courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865.
Henry Paget,2nd Marquess of Anglesey,styled Lord Paget 1812 and 1815 and Earl of Uxbridge from 1815 to 1854,was a Welsh peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1839 and 1841.
George Bussy Villiers,4th Earl of Jersey,PC was an English nobleman,peer,politician and courtier at the court of George III.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Alexander Paget,6th Marquess of Anglesey,was a British peer,farmer and soldier.
William Bagot,1st Baron Bagot,known as Sir William Bagot,6th Baronet,from 1768 to 1780,was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1780. He was then raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot.
Charles Sloane Cadogan,1st Earl Cadogan was a British peer and Whig politician.
George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings,2nd Marquess of Hastings,styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826,was a British peer and courtier.
John Stewart,7th Earl of Galloway,,styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773,was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.
Henry Paget,1st Earl of Uxbridge,of Beaudesert,Staffordshire,and West Drayton,Middlesex,was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 until 1712 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Burton as one of Harley's Dozen. He was a Hanoverian Tory,supportive of the Hanoverian Succession.
General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget,was a British soldier during the Crimean War who took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. He later became a Whig politician.
Sir Nicholas Bayly,2nd Baronet,was a British landowner and Member of Parliament.
Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings,4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudoun,styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851,was a British peer. He was also,starting from most senior barony,21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn,20th Baron Botreaux,19th Baron Hungerford,and 17th Baron Hastings.
Henry Paget,4th Marquess of Anglesey and 5th Earl of Uxbridge was a British peer. He served as Vice-Admiral of the Coast,North Wales and Carmarthenshire.
William Anne Holles Capell,4th Earl of Essex,was a British landowner and peer,a member of the House of Lords.
Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart,9th Earl of Galloway was the Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 1828 to 1845;and of Wigton from 1828 to 1851. He was styled Viscount Garlies from 1806 to 1834.
Caroline Campbell,Duchess of Argyll,formerly Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers and Caroline Paget,Lady Paget,was the wife of Henry Paget,future Marquess of Anglesey,until their divorce in 1810,and subsequently the wife of George Campbell,6th Duke of Argyll,a friend of her first husband.
Charlotte Sloane Paget,Marchioness of Anglesey,formerly known as Lady Charlotte Wellesley,was the second wife of Henry Paget,1st Marquess of Anglesey.
Francis Mackenzie,2nd Earl of Cromartie was a British peer.
