William Paget (MP)

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Captain the Honourable William Paget (22 December 1769 – September 1794), was a British naval commander and Member of Parliament.

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Background

Paget was the second son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné. He was the brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Sir Arthur Paget, Sir Edward Paget, Sir Charles Paget and Berkeley Paget. [1] He was educated at Westminster School from 1779 to 1781, prior to entering the Royal Navy [2]

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From Midshipman rank in 1783, Paget served in the Navy and achieved the rank of Captain in 1793 [1] [2] On 17 July 1794, while commanding the 50-gun Fourth Rate HMS Romney, he captured the French frigate Sibylle, known as 'one of the largest the French had', [2] at the Battle of Mykonos. In the two years before his death he also captured ten French merchant vessels. [2]

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Personal life

Paget died at sea in September 1794, aged 24, after an old wound, which he originally received by a murder attempt in Constantinople some eight to ten years earlier, reopened. [2] He never married. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 thepeerage.com Captain Hon. William Paget
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Article in History of Parliament.
  3. ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover to Armagh South
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Nicholas Bayly 		Member of Parliament for Anglesey
1790–1794 		Succeeded by
Hon. Sir Arthur Paget
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